beleaguer
41besiege — verb 1) the Romans besieged Carthage Syn: lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround; archaic invest 2) fans besieged his hotel Syn: surround, mob, crowd around, swarm around, throng around, encircle …
42besiege — [v1] surround; assault assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, come at from all sides, confine, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, invest, lay siege to, shut in, trap, work on, work over; concepts 86,90 Ant. leave alone besiege …
43lair — [OE] Etymologically a lair is a place where you ‘lie’ down. For it comes ultimately from the same Germanic base, *leg , as produced English lie. In Old English it had a range of meanings, from ‘bed’ to ‘grave’, which are now defunct, and the… …
44Besiege — Be*siege , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besieged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besieging}.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be + segen to siege. See {Siege}.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to… …
45Besieged — Besiege Be*siege , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besieged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besieging}.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be + segen to siege. See {Siege}.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to… …
46Besieging — Besiege Be*siege , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besieged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besieging}.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be + segen to siege. See {Siege}.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to… …
47Inleaguer — In*lea guer, v. t. To beleaguer. Holland. [1913 Webster] …
48Leaguer — Lea guer, n. [D. leger camp, bed, couch, lair. See {Lair}, and cf.{Beleaguer}.] 1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. b. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …
49Leaguer — Lea guer, v. t. To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
50leaguer — I. noun Etymology: Dutch leger; akin to Old High German legar bed more at lair Date: 1537 1. a military camp 2. siege II. transitive verb Date: circa 1720 archaic besiege, beleagu …
