begirdle

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To encircle or surround, as with a girdle

The vine begirdled the tree, wrapping around its trunk as though trying to hug it.

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
Beggary
One who makes it his business to ask alms
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
To surround as with a girdle
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
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