- to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms;to beg forgiveness.
- to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy.Sit down, I beg you.
- to take for granted without basis or justification: a statement that begs the very point we're disputing.
- to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid; evade: a report that consistently begs the whole problem.
- to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms.
- to ask humbly or earnestly: begging for help;begging to differ.
- (of a dog) to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty.
- to request or obtain release from an obligation, promise, etc.: He had promised to drive us to the recital but begged off at the last minute.
- beg the question,
- to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question.
- to evade the issue or avoid a direct answer.
- to raise the question; inspire one to ask.
- to remain open or available, as a position that is unfilled or an unsold item: The job went begging for lack of qualified applicants.
- bey.
- begin.
- beginning.
- to solicit (for money, food, etc), esp in the street
- to ask (someone) for (something or leave to do something) formally, humbly, or earnestly
- (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly
- to leave unanswered or unresolved
- beg the question
- to evade the issue
- to assume the thing under examination as proved
- to suggest that a question needs to be asked
- to be unwanted or unused
- a variant of bey
