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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: begging n : a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) [syn: {beggary}, {mendicancy}]
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