单词 | beggaring |
释义 | beggaringn. Reduction to beggary. (Now gerundial.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > becoming or making poor impoverishing1450 poverishing1484 poverance1529 beggaringa1536 impoverishment1564 poverishment1568 depauperation1664 letdown1768 pauperization1812 depauperization1845 immiserization1942 a1536 W. Tyndale Wks. 375 (R.) Vnto the vtter beggering of our selues. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. B3v His childrens beggering, if he be a father. 1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 235 For fear of beggering themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). beggaringadj. That beggars or brings to beggary, ruinous. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > making poor impoverishing1598 pauperizing1817 beggaring1883 1883 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 308 A hundred ducats raised..at beggaring interest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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