One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
One who makes it his business to ask alms.
One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. Shak.
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