See Also: BEGGAR(law)
beggar(2)(dictionary)
beggar(1)(dictionary)
Beggar-thy-neighbor(money)
beggar 2, verb(dictionary)
beggar 1, noun(dictionary)
Beggar's Opera, The(dictionary)
beggar's lice(medicine)
Beggar thy neighbor(finance)
Beggar - Poker(gambling)

beggar(2) (iou)



beggar verb trans. LME.
[from the noun.]
Make a beggar of; impoverish. LME.
beggar-my-neighbour a card-game in which one seeks to capture one's opponent's cards; fig. a policy of advancement at the expense of one's neighbours.
M. Mitchell The Cause which had taken their friends, lovers, husbands and beggared their families. M. Na Gopaleen He also beggared nine weak-minded relatives.
Exhaust the resources of; go beyond, outdo. E17.
Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra For her own person, It beggar'd all description. C. Priest It beggared belief that she should twice interrupt me at precisely the same place.