beggared

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Beggar \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. [1913 Webster]

2.To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. [1913 Webster]

It beggared all description.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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