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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : bih-lee-ger |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈli gər |
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Définition of beleaguered
Origin :- 1580s, from Dutch or Low German belegeren "to besiege," from be- "around" (see be-) + legeren "to camp," from leger "bed, camp, army, lair," from Proto-Germanic *leg-raz-, from PIE *legh-to- "lie" (see lie (v.2)). A word from the Flemish Wars (cf. Swedish belägra, Dutch belegeren "besiege," German Belagerung "siege"). Spelling influenced by league. Related: Beleaguered; beleaguering.
- verb harass, besiege
- Then first, not when alone in the beleaguered city, he knew desolation.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- Thus the sun set on Rome beleaguered, the barbarians outside the City.
- Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
- In 1279 the last stronghold of the Sungs was beleaguered by land and sea.
- Extract from : « The Civilization Of China » by Herbert A. Giles
- His impression that first afternoon had been true—she was beleaguered, if not lost.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
- Not a man of them was known to any member of the beleaguered garrison.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- It gives a good insight into Gordon's life in the beleaguered city.
- Extract from : « General Gordon » by Seton Churchill
- The fall of the beleaguered town could no longer be deferred.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84 » by John Lothrop Motley
- And no beleaguered city ever flew that flag in such bitterness and tears.
- Extract from : « When God Laughs and Other Stories » by Jack London
- In less than three weeks from the day of the outbreak the city was beleaguered.
- Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
- The Egyptian garrisons of Tokar and Sinkat were beleaguered and hard pressed.
- Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill
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