beg
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡ/
The English word “beg” has 9 meanings listed here.
verb
- To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
- To obviously lack or be in need of something.
- In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
noun
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beggen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English *becgian, *bedcian, syncopated forms of bedecian (“to beg”), itself of obscure origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bedukōn, a frequentative verb derived from Proto-West Germanic *bedu (“plea, petition, prayer”, whence English bead). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *bedagō (“petitioner, requester,…
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