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Antonyms for beleaguer

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-lee-ger
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈli gər

Definition of beleaguer

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
Example sentences :
  • Should we have to beleaguer it we may count upon some help from within.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Make a detour through some pass, forestall your foes, beleaguer them, protect our troops!
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • And yet I cannot think that any Scottish or French rovers could land in such force as to beleaguer the fortalice.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Having pardoned their offences against ourselves, we went back to beleaguer Samarkand.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • In his tragedy of Ezelino, after the tyrant's downfall, a captain is sent to beleaguer Treviso, and reduce Ezelino's garrison.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first » by Count Carlo Gozzi
  • Somehow that seemed to make her matter less, and Dodo had not at present made any determined effort to beleaguer her.
  • Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
  • For Edward took his army to beleaguer Calais, and after blockading it for nearly a year forced it to surrender.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 » by Various
  • They, however, continued to beleaguer the place, occasionally showing in great masses.
  • Extract from : « Our Sailors » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Before God can make her in truth His own, make her verify her name, He will have to beleaguer and reduce her.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Isaiah, Volume I (of 2) » by George Adam Smith

Synonyms for beleaguer

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