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beggaring

beggaring is the present participle and gerund of beggar.

Meaning of beggar

Verb

beggar (third-person singular simple present beggars, present participle beggaring, simple past and past participle beggared)

  1. (transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.
    • `Now,' answered Ayesha, with proud humility - `now when my lord doth speak thus royally and give with so free a hand, it cannot become me to lag behind in words, and be beggared of my generosity.'1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

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Phrases with beggaring

Questions about beggaring

What is beggaring the present participle and gerund of?
Beggaring is the present participle and gerund of beggar.

Words near beggaring in the dictionary

  1. beggarest
  2. beggareth
  3. beggarhood
  4. beggarhoods
  5. beggaries
  6. beggaring
  7. beggaring belief
  8. beggaring description
  9. beggaring the question
  10. beggarism
  11. beggarize

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