beggared, ppl. a.
(ˈbɛgəd)
[f. beggar v. + -ed1.]
Reduced to destitution; impoverished.
| 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, iv. ii. 43 Bigge Mars seemes banqu'-rout in their begger'd Hoast. 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. Wk. V. 88 The discredited paper securities of impoverished fraud, and beggared rapine, held out as a currency for the support of an empire. 1857 Buckle Civilis. I. xi. 653 A rapacious government, and a beggared exchequer. |
| fig. c 1600 Shakes. Sonn. lxvii, Beggerd of blood to blush through liuely vaines. 1742 Young Nt. Th. iv. 425 Their beggar'd blaze wants lustre for my lay. |