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Noun: begging beging- A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
- beggary, mendicancy Verb: beg (begged,begging) beg- Call upon in supplication; entreat
"I beg you to stop!" - implore, pray - Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- solicit, tap - Ask to obtain free
"beg money and food" - Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
"beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"
Derived forms: beggings See also: beg off Type of: bespeak, call for, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, finesse, fudge, hedge, parry, plead, put off, quest, request, sidestep, skirt, solicitation Encyclopedia: Beg, Borrow, & Deal Beg Beg, Borrow and Deal Beg, Borrow & Deal Begging |