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beg

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1. beg - Noun

2. beg - Verb

3. Beg - Proper noun

Meaning

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.

To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.

To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.

To take for granted; to assume without proof.

To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I beg you to stop! Source: Internet

Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce Source: Internet

My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities Source: Internet

beg the question Source: Internet

beg the point in the discussion Source: Internet

beg money and food Source: Internet

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