Associations to the word «Beleaguer»

Wiktionary

BELEAGUER, verb. To besiege; to surround with troops.
BELEAGUER, verb. To vex, harass, or beset.

Dictionary definition

BELEAGUER, verb. Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer".
BELEAGUER, verb. Surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats