beleaguer

be·lea·guer

B0168200 (bĭ-lē′gər)tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems.2. To surround with troops; besiege: The enemy beleaguered the enclave.

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[Probably Dutch belegeren : be-, around (from Middle Dutch bie; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + leger, camp; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·lea′guer·ment n.

beleaguer

(bɪˈliːɡə) vb (tr) 1. to trouble persistently; harass2. (Military) to lay siege to[C16: from be- + leaguer¹]

be•lea•guer

(bɪˈli gər)

v.t. 1. to surround with military forces. 2. to beset, as with difficulties; harass: beleaguered taxpayers. [1580–90; be- + leaguer siege < Dutch leger army, camp. See lair] be•lea′guer•er, n.

beleaguer

Past participle: beleaguered
Gerund: beleaguering

Imperative
beleaguer
beleaguer

Present
I beleaguer
you beleaguer
he/she/it beleaguers
we beleaguer
you beleaguer
they beleaguer

Preterite
I beleaguered
you beleaguered
he/she/it beleaguered
we beleaguered
you beleaguered
they beleaguered

Present Continuous
I am beleaguering
you are beleaguering
he/she/it is beleaguering
we are beleaguering
you are beleaguering
they are beleaguering

Present Perfect
I have beleaguered
you have beleaguered
he/she/it has beleaguered
we have beleaguered
you have beleaguered
they have beleaguered

Past Continuous
I was beleaguering
you were beleaguering
he/she/it was beleaguering
we were beleaguering
you were beleaguering
they were beleaguering

Past Perfect
I had beleaguered
you had beleaguered
he/she/it had beleaguered
we had beleaguered
you had beleaguered
they had beleaguered

Future
I will beleaguer
you will beleaguer
he/she/it will beleaguer
we will beleaguer
you will beleaguer
they will beleaguer

Future Perfect
I will have beleaguered
you will have beleaguered
he/she/it will have beleaguered
we will have beleaguered
you will have beleaguered
they will have beleaguered

Future Continuous
I will be beleaguering
you will be beleaguering
he/she/it will be beleaguering
we will be beleaguering
you will be beleaguering
they will be beleaguering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beleaguering
you have been beleaguering
he/she/it has been beleaguering
we have been beleaguering
you have been beleaguering
they have been beleaguering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beleaguering
you will have been beleaguering
he/she/it will have been beleaguering
we will have been beleaguering
you will have been beleaguering
they will have been beleaguering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beleaguering
you had been beleaguering
he/she/it had been beleaguering
we had been beleaguering
you had been beleaguering
they had been beleaguering

Conditional
I would beleaguer
you would beleaguer
he/she/it would beleaguer
we would beleaguer
you would beleaguer
they would beleaguer

Past Conditional
I would have beleaguered
you would have beleaguered
he/she/it would have beleaguered
we would have beleaguered
you would have beleaguered
they would have beleaguered

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"badger, bug, pester, teasebedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
	2.	beleaguer - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"besiege, circumvent, hem in, surroundattack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"seal off, blockade - impose a blockade onebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

beleaguer

verb1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:badger, bedevil, beset, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit.2. To disturb by repeated attacks:annoy, bait, bedevil, beset, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry.3. To surround with hostile troops:beset, besiege, blockade, invest, siege.Idiom: lay siege to .

Translations

assiégerbelagenbelegeren