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beggar

beg·gar [ béggər ]


noun  (plural beg·gars)
Definition:
 
1. somebody who begs: somebody who begs for money or food from strangers

2. poor person: a very poor person



transitive verb  (past and past participle beg·gared, present participle beg·gar·ing, 3rd person present singular beg·gars)
Definition:
 
1. impoverish somebody: to make somebody very poor ( literary )

2. be beyond belief: to be so extraordinary as to be beyond description or belief
a catastrophe that beggars description

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