Beggar
Beggar ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English beggere, from 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
Beggar ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
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.