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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beg \Beg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr AS bedecian (akin to
Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or
cf beghard, beguin.]
1. To ask earnestly for to entreat or supplicate for to
beseech.
I do beg your good will in this case. --Shak.
[Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. --Matt. xxvii.
58.
Note: Sometimes implying deferential and respectful, rather
than earnest, asking; as I beg your pardon; I beg
leave to disagree with you
2. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or
from house to house.
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his
seed begging bread. --Ps. xxxvii
25.
3. To make petition to to entreat; as to beg a person to
grant a favor.
4. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
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