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Definition of Beggared
1. beggar [v] - See also: beggar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggared
Literary usage of Beggared
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the City of New York by Mary Louise Booth (1867)
"Unable to meet the heavy demands of the sufferers, the insurance companies
unanimously suspended payment, and the city seemed almost beggared at a blow. ..."
2. Gems from Fable-land: A Collection of Fables Illustrated by Facts by William Oland Bourne (1854)
"THE beggared HEIR. AN old woman, who used to show the house and pictures at
Towcester, expressed herself in these words: " That is Sir Robert Farmer; ..."
3. M. Val. Martialis Epigrammata selecta =: Select epigrams from Martial by Martial, Frederick Apthorp Paley, William Henry Stone (1885)
"giving you absolute possession, by 6, ex asse] To the full amount of which you
soon beggared yourself. EP. 117. (HI. xi.) An answer to one Quintus, ..."
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