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beggar

('b/E/g/@/r )

a pauper who lives by begging(noun.person)

Synonym:
mendicant

source: wordnet30
One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.(noun)

source: webster1913

be beyond the resources of(verb.stative)

Example:
This beggars description!.

source: wordnet30
reduce to beggary(verb.possession)

Synonym:
pauperise, pauperize

source: wordnet30
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.(verb)

source: webster1913

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