Besieged, beleaguered, beset.
| 单词 | θ160917 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieged or blockaded (10) assieged1383 Besieged, beleaguered, beset. besiegedc1440 Invested or surrounded by hostile forces. ysegede?a1475 Besieged. sieged1567 invested1582 That is or has been invested (in various senses); spec. (of a person) that has been invested with a rank, honour, power, etc.; (of a rank, honour… beleaguered1644 Besieged, invested, beset. leaguered1720 transitive. To besiege, beleaguer. Chiefly in ˈleaguered adj., ˈleaguering adj. blockaded1747 Surrounded by or subject to a blockade; obstructed, purposefully blocked. Subcategories:— not (1) — capable of being besieged (1) |
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