[f. BEGGAR v. + -ING1.] Reduction to beggary. (Now gerundial.)
a. 1536. Tindale, Wks., 375 (R.). Vnto the vtter beggering of our selues.
1609. Man in Moone (1849), 8. His childrens beggering, if he be a father.
1674. Brevint, Saul at Endor, 235. For fear of beggering themselves.
