Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beggar
Participle: beggared
Gerund: beggaring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | beggar |
| you | beggar |
| he;she;it | beggars |
| we | beggar |
| you | beggar |
| they | beggar |
Perfect
| I | have beggared |
| you | have beggared |
| he;she;it | has beggared |
| we | have beggared |
| you | have beggared |
| they | have beggared |
Past
| I | beggared |
| you | beggared |
| he;she;it | beggared |
| we | beggared |
| you | beggared |
| they | beggared |
Pluperfect
| I | had beggared |
| you | had beggared |
| he;she;it | had beggared |
| we | had beggared |
| you | had beggared |
| they | had beggared |
Future
| I | will beggar |
| you | will beggar |
| he;she;it | will beggar |
| we | will beggar |
| you | will beggar |
| they | will beggar |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beggared |
| you | will have beggared |
| he;she;it | will have beggared |
| we | will have beggared |
| you | will have beggared |
| they | will have beggared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beggar |
| you | beggar |
| he;she;it | beggar |
| we | beggar |
| you | beggar |
| they | beggar |
Perfect
| I | have beggared |
| you | have beggared |
| he;she;it | have beggared |
| we | have beggared |
| you | have beggared |
| they | have beggared |
Imperfect
| I | beggared |
| you | beggared |
| he;she;it | beggared |
| we | beggared |
| you | beggared |
| they | beggared |
Pluperfect
| I | had beggared |
| you | had beggared |
| he;she;it | had beggared |
| we | had beggared |
| you | had beggared |
| they | had beggared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beggar |
| you | would beggar |
| he;she;it | would beggar |
| we | would beggar |
| you | would beggar |
| they | would beggar |
Perfect
| I | would have beggared |
| you | would have beggared |
| he;she;it | would have beggared |
| we | would have beggared |
| you | would have beggared |
| they | would have beggared |
Imperative
| you | beggar |
| we | Let's beggar |
| you | beggar |
Verbs conjugated like 'beggar'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'beggar'
bear,
bebar,
bedear,
begab,
begay,
beglare,
begnaw,
behear,
bemar,
bestar,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr.
begart, originally a member of the
Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from M.Du.
beggaert "mendicant," with pejorative suffix. The order said to take its name from Lambert le
Bègue "Lambert the Stammerer," a Liege priest (d.1177). The order quickly drew imposters and fell from repute. The verb meaning "to reduce to poverty" is from 1528.
2. From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar.
3. Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”). See: Middle English '
beggen'.
Sample Sentences
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It was not a month, since this same body had sat calmly by, and heard a man, one of themselves, with oaths which beggars in their drink reject, threaten to cut another 's throat from ear to ear. There he sat, among them; not crushed by the general feeling of the assembly, but as good a man as any.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world. Now, when any one speaks up, like a man, and says slavery is necessary to us, we can't get along without it, we should be beggared if we give it up, and, of course, we mean to hold on to it,—this is strong, clear, well-defined language; it has the respectability of truth to it; and, if we may judge by their practice, the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)