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Definition of 'beg'Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), assimilation from (etyl) *.
Verb
( begg)
to request the help of someone, often in the form of money
- He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat
- I beg your pardon. I didn't mean to cause offence.
- He begged her to go to the prom with him .
* Shakespeare
- I do beg your good will in this case.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 58
- [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5
- But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake'
to assume, in the phrase (beg the question)
(proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase (beg the question)
(legal|obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
* Harrington
- Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See
Antonyms
* (raise a question)
Derived terms
* beg the question
* go begging
* beg to differ
See also
*
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).
Noun
( en-noun)
a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey
Etymology 3
Similar to 'beg'big, bog, bug, bag, beag, bg, boog, biog, beeg, bigg, boyg
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