- (v.t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
- (v.t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
- (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
- (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly or with humility; a petitioner.
- (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
- (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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