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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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