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▪ I. ˈbeggaring, vbl. n.
[f. beggar v. + -ing1.]
Reduction to beggary. (Now gerundial.)
a1536Tindale Wks. 375 (R.) Vnto the vtter beggering of our selues. 1609Man in Moone (1849) 8 His childrens beggering, if he be a father. 1674Brevint Saul at Endor 235 For fear of beggering themselves.
▪ II. ˈbeggaring, ppl. a.
[f. beggar v. + -ing2.]
That beggars or brings to beggary, ruinous.
1883Edinb. Rev. Oct. 308 A hundred ducats raised..at beggaring interest. |