Thesaurus: beggar

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1. n. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
2. n. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
3. n. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
4. n. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
5. v. t. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
6. v. t. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
7. n. a pauper who lives by begging
8. v. be beyond the resources of
9. v. reduce to beggary
10. 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. 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.
11. v:10/n:90 n. a pauper who lives by begging v. be beyond the resources of v. reduce to beggary