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Beggar Beg Uhr Verb Sense Transitive Deplete Defy Impoverish

Front beggar \BEG-uhr\
(verb sense)
Back transitive verb
1. To deplete; to defy.
2. To impoverish.

"Geraldine Feeney said the story told by Mr Boyle beggared belief."

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