v
(transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
v
(transitive) To besiege.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To prohibit (e.g. a topic of discussion).
n
One who battens or feasts.
v
Obsolete form of bait. [(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.]
adv
(obsolete) As a single unit or body; together.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
v
(archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
v
(transitive, Scotland) To render or make comfortable.
adj
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
v
Alternative spelling of beleaguer [To besiege; to surround with troops.]
adj
(figuratively) Beset or besieged (by); plagued or infested (by).
v
(transitive, rare, archaic or poetic) To attack or assail; lunge at or toward; assault.
n
One who, or that which, besets.
n
The act of one who besets or attacks.
v
(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
n
The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.
n
(archaic) One who uses a besom.
v
(transitive) To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.
adj
(archaic) Placed (in a given situation); beset.
v
(transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
v
(colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner).
v
(intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
v
(transitive, informal) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
n
(archaic, idiomatic) A long prison sentence.
v
(transitive, Britain, archaic) To imprison in a gaol.
v
(rare) Synonym of besiege
v
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
v
(dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) To carry, bear, convey, transport.
v
To be taken into custody at the police station.
v
(intransitive) To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.
v
(transitive, slang) To arrest or lock up.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To attack continually over a long period.
v
(obsolete) To besiege; to beleaguer.
v
(Britain, dialect) To expect; wait.
v
(figuratively, now dialect) To pay any penalty to any community.
n
(law) the act of hiding and waiting for an individual with the intent to kill or inflict serious bodily harm to that person
v
(transitive) To imprison.
v
(slang, archaic) To confine in prison.
v
(idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law.
v
(transitive, uncommon) To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
n
(idiomatic) An individual who prefers to stay at home rather than go out and socialize; a homebody.
v
(Britain, informal) To pay for something, often with reluctance.
n
(colloquial) Someone who does not stand up for themself when mistreated; a doormat
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