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beggarize

beggarize verb: to reduce to a state of extreme poverty.

Verb

beggarize (third-person singular simple present beggarizes, present participle beggarizing, simple past and past participle beggarized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce to a state of extreme poverty.

Forms of beggarize

third-person singular presentbeggarizes
present participlebeggarizing
past participlebeggarized
pastbeggarized

Origin of beggarize

From beggar + -ize.

Questions about beggarize

What does beggarize mean?
Beggarize means to reduce to a state of extreme poverty.
What part of speech is beggarize?
Beggarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of beggarize?
The past tense of beggarize is beggarized.

Words near beggarize in the dictionary

  1. beggaring
  2. beggaring belief
  3. beggaring description
  4. beggaring the question
  5. beggarism
  6. beggarize
  7. beggarized
  8. beggarizes
  9. beggarizing
  10. beggarlier
  11. beggarliest

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