Beggar — Defs

01 n. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

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.

02 v. t. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.

imp. & p. p. Beggared; p. pr. & vb. n. Beggaring

1.
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
2.
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
“It beggared all description.” — Shak.