Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beleaguer
Participle: beleaguered
Gerund: beleaguering
Indicative
Present
| I | beleaguer |
| you | beleaguer |
| he;she;it | beleaguers |
| we | beleaguer |
| you | beleaguer |
| they | beleaguer |
Perfect
| I | have beleaguered |
| you | have beleaguered |
| he;she;it | has beleaguered |
| we | have beleaguered |
| you | have beleaguered |
| they | have beleaguered |
Past
| I | beleaguered |
| you | beleaguered |
| he;she;it | beleaguered |
| we | beleaguered |
| you | beleaguered |
| they | beleaguered |
Pluperfect
| I | had beleaguered |
| you | had beleaguered |
| he;she;it | had beleaguered |
| we | had beleaguered |
| you | had beleaguered |
| they | had beleaguered |
Future
| I | will beleaguer |
| you | will beleaguer |
| he;she;it | will beleaguer |
| we | will beleaguer |
| you | will beleaguer |
| they | will beleaguer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beleaguered |
| you | will have beleaguered |
| he;she;it | will have beleaguered |
| we | will have beleaguered |
| you | will have beleaguered |
| they | will have beleaguered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beleaguer |
| you | beleaguer |
| he;she;it | beleaguer |
| we | beleaguer |
| you | beleaguer |
| they | beleaguer |
Perfect
| I | have beleaguered |
| you | have beleaguered |
| he;she;it | have beleaguered |
| we | have beleaguered |
| you | have beleaguered |
| they | have beleaguered |
Imperfect
| I | beleaguered |
| you | beleaguered |
| he;she;it | beleaguered |
| we | beleaguered |
| you | beleaguered |
| they | beleaguered |
Pluperfect
| I | had beleaguered |
| you | had beleaguered |
| he;she;it | had beleaguered |
| we | had beleaguered |
| you | had beleaguered |
| they | had beleaguered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beleaguer |
| you | would beleaguer |
| he;she;it | would beleaguer |
| we | would beleaguer |
| you | would beleaguer |
| they | would beleaguer |
Perfect
| I | would have beleaguered |
| you | would have beleaguered |
| he;she;it | would have beleaguered |
| we | would have beleaguered |
| you | would have beleaguered |
| they | would have beleaguered |
Imperative
| you | beleaguer |
| we | Let's beleaguer |
| you | beleaguer |
Verbs conjugated like 'beleaguer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'beleaguer'
beleagure,
inleaguer,
leaguer,
befeather,
beleave,
beleper,
beletter,
bestagger,
enleague,
inleague,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- plague
- trouble, torment, worry, irk, harry, beset, besiege
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1589, from Du.
belegeren "to besiege," from
be- "around" +
legeren "to camp." A 16c. word from the Flemish Wars. Spelling infl. by
league.
2. Borrowed from Dutch belegeren and/or Middle Low German belēgeren; equivalent to be- + lair. Compare also German belagern, Danish belejre. The English spelling was perhaps influenced by unrelated league. See: Dutch '
belegeren', German, old spelling '
belagern', Danish '
belejre'.
Verbs referencing "beleaguer"
German, old spelling
belagern, Swedish
belägra, Danish
belejre.
Sample Sentences
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I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead. [1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Beleaguered City”, in Voices of the Night, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1839, →OCLC, stanzas 1–2, page 22:]