Beggaring

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beggar \Beg"gar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beggared}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Beggaring}.]
     1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared
        himself. --Milton.
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     2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
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              It beggared all description.          --Shak.
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