begirt

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Definition of begirt in English English dictionary

To surround or enclose

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself

The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars

To encompass; to begird

Beggary

To cause to seem very poor and inadequate

One who makes it his business to ask alms

The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness

One who assumes in argument what he does not prove

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean

One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use