(1):
(n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
(2):
(n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
(3):
(n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; - a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
(4):
(n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
(5):
(v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
(6):
(v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.