beggar
noun
have beggared
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present perfectof beggar.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The present, mundane in comparison to what sci-fi of the past promised us, seems to have beggared our collective imagination.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
By joining hands in a multiracial transition council, they can lift the international sanctions that have beggared them both.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have beggared the nation, but they shall never beggar me.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
She would have beggared herself again to get you a bow that only a god was worthy to draw.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon
Acts of liberality were frequently performed to an extent that would have beggared the munificence of the Old World.
From The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself by John Galt
