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  BEG, v.  To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the
  belief that it will not be given.
  
      Who is that, father?
  
                            A mendicant, child,
      Haggard, morose, and unaffable -- wild!
      See how he glares through the bars of his cell!
      With Citizen Mendicant all is not well.
  
      Why did they put him there, father?
  
                                           Because
      Obeying his belly he struck at the laws.
  
      His belly?
  
                  Oh, well, he was starving, my boy --
      A state in which, doubtless, there's little of joy.
      No bite had he eaten for days, and his cry
      Was "Bread!" ever "Bread!"
  
                                  What's the matter with pie?
  
      With little to wear, he had nothing to sell;
      To beg was unlawful -- improper as well.
  
      Why didn't he work?
  
                           He would even have done that,
      But men said:  "Get out!" and the State remarked:  "Scat!"
      I mention these incidents merely to show
      That the vengeance he took was uncommonly low.
      Revenge, at the best, is the act of a Siou,
      But for trifles --
  
                          Pray what did bad Mendicant do?
  
      Stole two loaves of bread to replenish his lack
      And tuck out the belly that clung to his back.
  
      Is that _all_ father dear?
  
                                  There's little to tell:
      They sent him to jail, and they'll send him to -- well,
      The company's better than here we can boast,
      And there's --
  
                      Bread for the needy, dear father?
  
                                                         Um -- toast.
                                                                Atka Mip
  
  

  Beg
     That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant
     evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of
     beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were
     provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 12:12;
     14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they
     shall be beggars (Ps. 37:25; 109:10).
     
       In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of
     beggars (Mark 10:46; Luke 16:20, 21; Acts 3:2), yet there is no
     mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the
     East. "Beggarly," in Gal. 4:9, means worthless.
     

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  Beg \Beg\, n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. Bey, Begum.]
     A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the
     East; a bey.
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  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.
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              I do beg your good will in this case. --Shak.
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              [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.    --Matt. xxvii.
                                                    58.
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     Note: Sometimes implying deferential and respectful, rather
           than earnest, asking; as, I beg your pardon; I beg
           leave to disagree with you.
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     2. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or
        from house to house.
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              Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his
              seed begging bread.                   --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                    25.
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     3. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to
        grant a favor.
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     4. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
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     5. (Old Law) To ask to be appointed guardiln for, or to aso
        to havo a guardian appointed for.
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              Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
                                                    --Harrington.
        [1913 Webster] Hence:
  
     To beg (one) for a fool, to take him for a fool.
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     I beg to, is an elliptical expression for I beg leave to;
        as, I beg to inform you.
  
     To beg the question, to assume that which was to be proved
        in a discussion, instead of adducing the proof or
        sustaining the point by argument.
  
     To go a-begging, a figurative phrase to express the absence
        of demand for something which elsewhere brings a price;
        as, grapes are so plentiful there that they go a-begging.
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     Syn: To Beg, Ask, Request.
  
     Usage: To ask (not in the sense of inquiring) is the generic
            term which embraces all these words. To request is
            only a polite mode of asking. To beg, in its original
            sense, was to ask with earnestness, and implied
            submission, or at least deference. At present,
            however, in polite life, beg has dropped its original
            meaning, and has taken the place of both ask and
            request, on the ground of its expressing more of
            deference and respect. Thus, we beg a person's
            acceptance of a present; we beg him to favor us with
            his company; a tradesman begs to announce the arrival
            of new goods, etc. Crabb remarks that, according to
            present usage, ``we can never talk of asking a
            person's acceptance of a thing, or of asking him to do
            us a favor.'' This can be more truly said of usage in
            England than in America.
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  Beg \Beg\, v. i.
     To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the
     wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
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           I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.      --Luke xvi. 3.
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  Beg \Beg\, v. i.
     To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the
     wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
  
           I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.      --Luke xvi. 3.

  Beg \Beg\, n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. Bey, Begum.]
     A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the
     East; a bey.

  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.

  beg
       v 1: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
            [syn: implore, pray]
       2: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request
          urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for
          a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for
          different charities" [syn: solicit, tap]
       3: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
       [also: begging, begged]

  beg
     Malay n.
     bag
     Manx a.
     small
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     escape
     Volapük n.
     request, an action of begging

  beg.
     Danish n.
     (abbreviation of da begyndelse)

  Beg
     n.
     (surname en from=Hindi).

  beg
     n.
     The act of begging; an imploring request.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To request#Verb the help#Noun of someone,
  often in the form of money.
     2 (lb en transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor#Noun,
  etc.; to entreat.
     3 (lb en transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often
  violent, reaction.
     4 (lb en transitive) ''In the phrase'' ''(l en beg the question)'':
  to assume.
     5 (lb en transitive proscribed) ''In the phrase'' ''(l en beg the
  question)'': to raise#Verb (a question#Noun).
     6 (lb en transitive law obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian
  for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
     n.
     (senseid en governor) A provincial#Adjective governor under the
  Ottoman Empire; a bey.
     n.
     (lb en knitting) (abbreviation of en beginning#Noun beginning)

  Beg
     n.
     (surname en from=Hindi).

  beg
     n.
     The act of begging; an imploring request.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To request#Verb the help#Noun of someone,
  often in the form of money.
     2 (lb en transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor#Noun,
  etc.; to entreat.
     3 (lb en transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often
  violent, reaction.
     4 (lb en transitive) ''In the phrase'' ''(l en beg the question)'':
  to assume.
     5 (lb en transitive proscribed) ''In the phrase'' ''(l en beg the
  question)'': to raise#Verb (a question#Noun).
     6 (lb en transitive law obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian
  for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
     n.
     (senseid en governor) A provincial#Adjective governor under the
  Ottoman Empire; a bey.
     n.
     (lb en knitting) (abbreviation of en beginning#Noun beginning)
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     escape

  beg.
     Danish n.
     (abbreviation of da begyndelse)

  Beg
     n.
     (surname en from=Hindi).

  beg
     n.
     The act of begging; an imploring request.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To request#Verb the help#Noun of someone,
  often in the form of money.
     2 (lb en transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor#Noun,
  etc.; to entreat.
     3 (lb en transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often
  violent, reaction.
     4 (lb en transitive) ''In the phrase'' ''(l en beg the question)'':
  to assume.
     5 (lb en transitive proscribed) ''In the phrase'' ''(l en beg the
  question)'': to raise#Verb (a question#Noun).
     6 (lb en transitive law obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian
  for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
     n.
     (senseid en governor) A provincial#Adjective governor under the
  Ottoman Empire; a bey.
     n.
     (lb en knitting) (abbreviation of en beginning#Noun beginning)

  beg.
     Danish n.
     (abbreviation of da begyndelse)

  Beg
     n.
     (surname en from=Hindi).

  beg
     Englanti vb.
     1 kerjätä
     2 anoa, anella

  beg
     Engelska vb.
     tigga

  beg  (begoù)
  1. bouche, bec
        "beg-a-raok"  - grande gueule
        "beg-bras"  - grande gueule
        "beg-e-dog"  - flic, gendarme [fam.]
        "beg-kamm"  - grimace
        "ober beg-kamm"  - faire la grimace
        "beg-melen"  - blanc-bec
        "gwern-veg"  - mât de beaupré
        "kammañ e veg"  - faire la moue
        "beg-hir"  - dauphin (animal)
        "beg-sabrenn"  - espadon
        "beg (ur stêr)"  - embouchure (de cours d'eau)
  2. extrémité, pointe (extrémité), pointe [géo.]
        "begoù an treid"  - pointe des pieds

  beg /bˈɛɡ/
  1. bedel
  2. vra

  Beg /bˈɛɡ/
  تسوّل

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  бег
  provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  1. към моля
  2. мо́ля, умоля́вам
  to plead with someone for help
  3. изпро́свам, изпро́ся, про́ся
  to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  žádat

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  prosit

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  žebrat

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  begian 

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  cardota 

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  Männchen machen 
     Synonym: sit up and beg
  

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  bitten
           Note: um, betteln
           Note: um, erbetteln 
        "he/she begs"  - er/sie bittet, er/sie bettelt
        "I/he/she begged"  - ich/er/sie bat, ich/er/sie bettelte
        "He begged to come with us."  - Er bat darum, mit uns kommen zu dürfen.
        "beg sb."  - jdn. anflehen
   see: begging, begged, beg leave
  
           Note: for

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  etw. erbitten
           Note: von jdm., jdn. beknien 
   see: begging, begged
  
           Note: of sb.

  beg /bˈɛɡ/
  
  επαιτώ, ικετεύω, παρακαλώ, ζητιανεύω

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  beg
  provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  1. anella, anoa, kerjätä, kärttää, pyytää
  to plead with someone for help
  2. kerjätä, anella, anoa, kärttää, pyytää
  to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

  beg /beg/
  1. mendier
  2. demander, prier

  beg /beg/
  achainigh, impigh

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  1. भीख~मांगना
        "He was begging in the street."
  2. प्रार्थना~करना
        "I beg you to stop drinking!"

  beg /bˈɛɡ/
  moliti, prositi, tražiti

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  1. minta, mohon
  to plead with someone for help
  2. mengemis, minta-minta
  to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

  beg /bˈɛɡ/
  1. mendicare
  2. chiedere

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  1. 頼む, 拝み倒す
  to plead with someone for help
  2. 請う
  to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

  beg /beg/
  1. æruscare
  2. petere, rogare

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  tigge
  to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

  beg /beg/
  1. pedir esmolas, mendigar
  2. pedir, suplicar

  beg /beg/
  1. mendigar, pedir limosna
  2. demandar, pedir, solicitar

  beg //bɛɡ// 
  1. bönfalla, be
  to plead with someone for help
  2. tigga
  to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

  beg /bˈɛɡ/ 
  
  omba

  beg /bˈɛɡ/
  1. dilenmek, sadaka istemek
  2. dilemek, rica etmek. beg off mazeret beyan etmek. beg the uestion dava veya iddiayı ispat olunmuş farzetmek.

  beg /bɛdˈeʊ/
  Frosch

  beg /bˌɛdeʊˈi/
  Herr

  beg /bˈɛɡ/
  bey

  beg /bˈɛx/ 
  beg, bey

  beg /bˈeːk/ 
  flight, escape, getaway

  beg 
  être gai, content

  
/ˈbɛɡ/

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "beg":
     adjure, appeal, appeal to, ask, bear, beget, beseech, besiege,
     brace, breed, bum, cadge, call for help, call on, call upon,
     circumvent, clamor for, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to,
     demand, ditch, double, elude, entreat, escape, evade, generate,
     get, get around, get away from, get out of, hit, hit up, impetrate,
     implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to, mooch, multiply,
     nag, obtest, panhandle, pass the hat, petition, plead, plead for,
     pray, press, procreate, produce, progenerate, propagate, reproduce,
     request, run to, scrounge, shake, shake off, shuffle out of, sire,
     skirt, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch, worry
  
  

  v. 请求,乞求;

     vt. 请求,恳求;乞求,乞讨
     vi. 乞讨,乞求