Beg"gar (?), n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
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.
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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.
2.
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
It beggared all description.
Shak.
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