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BEGGARED
Verb
beggared
simple past tense and past participle of beggar
Anagrams
• debagger, egg bread, rebagged
Source: Wiktionary
BEGGAR
Beg"gar, n. Etym: [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.
Beg"gar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beggared; p. pr. & vb. n. Beggaring.]
1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.
2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
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