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asediar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beleaguer verb To besiege; to surround with troops.
  • beset verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  • besiege verb To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • invest verb To put money into something, such as a business, property, or shares, in the hope of making a profit.
  • surround verb To be positioned on all sides of something; to encircle.

Senses

asediar is used for these senses in English:

  • beleaguer To besiege; to surround with troops.
  • beset (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
  • besiege (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • invest (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
  • surround (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

beleaguer — full definition

  1. verb To besiege; to surround with troops.
  2. verb To vex, harass, or beset.

beset — full definition

  1. verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  2. verb To surround or hem something in on all sides.

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