beleaguer ( u mute), be league (ue mute)

t. [Eng. be; leaguer. In Sw. belägra; Dan. beleive; Dut. belegeren; Ger. bel a gern; from be, and lagern = to lie down, to rest, to encamp.] [LAAGER.] 1. Lit .: To besiege, to lay siege to a place with the view of capturing it. "That a midnight host of spectres pale Beleaguered the walls of Prague.' Long fellow: The Beleaguered City. 2. Fig .: To make efforts to capture and destroy. "That an army of phantoms vast and wan, Beleaguer the human soul." Long fellow: The Beleaguered City. bě-lē'a-guered, pa. par. & a. [BELEAGUER.] "A camp and a beleaguer'd town." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, iv.