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<hw>Beg"gar</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beggared</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beggaring</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; <as>as, he had <ex>beggared</ex> himself</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.</def>

<blockquote>It <b>beggared</b> all description. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beggarhood</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.</def>

<h1>Beggarism</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Beggary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Beggarliness</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.</def>

<h1>Beggarly</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.</def> "A bankrupt, <i>beggarly</i> fellow." <i>South</i>. "A <i>beggarly</i> fellowship." <i>Swift</i>. "<i>Beggarly</i> elements." <i>Gal. iv. 9</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Produced or occasioned by beggary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Beggarly</b> sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beggarly</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.</def>

<h1>Beggar's lice</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar's lice`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of <spn>Echinospermum</spn> and <spn>Cynoglossum</spn>) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.</def>

<h1>Beggar's ticks</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar's ticks`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The bur marigold (<spn>Bidens</spn>) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.</def>

<h1>Beggary</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>beggerie</ets>. See <er>Beggar</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Beggarly appearance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The freedom and the <b>beggary</b> of the old studio. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.</syn>

<h1>Beggary</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beg"gar*y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beggarly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>