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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 be·lea·guer /bɪˈligɚ/
 (vt.)圍,圍攻

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·lea·guer v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered p. pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.]  To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
    The wail of famine in beleaguered towns.   --Longfellow.
 Syn: -- To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 beleaguer
      v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
           his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug]
      2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
         Vienna" [syn: besiege, surround, hem in, circumvent]