Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete, rare)Synonym of beggar (“to impoverish”).

Origin

From em- + beggar.

From em- + beggar.

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Forms

embeggars, embeggaring, embeggared, embeggared
Base formembeggar · to embeggar
3rd person singularembeggars
Present participleembeggaring
Past simpleembeggared
Past participleembeggared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyembeggar
he, she, itembeggars

Past simpleLesson

all personsembeggared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave embeggared
he, she, ithas embeggared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill embeggar

Synonyms

13 synonyms
poorA1ruinA2beggardestituteimpoordepauperatedepauperizeimmiserateimpoverishpauperizepoverishempoverish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
embarrassmentB1embassyB2embedC2embellishemberembezzle
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