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    beg
    [beɡ]
    verb
    begging (present participle)
    1. ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something:
      "she begged me to say nothing to her father" · "I must beg of you not to act impulsively" · "I begged him for mercy"
      • ask for (something) earnestly or humbly:
        "he begged their forgiveness" · "“Don't leave me,” she begged"
      • ask formally for (permission to do something):
        "I will now beg leave to make some observations" · "we beg to inform you that we are instructed to wait"
    2. ask for something, typically food or money, as charity or a gift:
      "a young woman was begging in the street" · "they had to beg for food"
      • acquire (something) from someone by begging:
        "a piece of bread that I begged from a farmer"
      • (of a dog) sit up with the front paws raised expectantly in the hope of a reward.
    Origin
    Middle English: probably from Old English bedecian, of Germanic origin; related to bid.
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    verb
    1. ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something:
    2. ask for something, typically food or money, as charity or a gift:
      ask for money
      solicit money
      seek charity
      seek alms
      touch someone for money
      sorn on someone
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  1. to ask for money, or to ask someone to do something in an urgent way: [ I ] There are a lot of homeless people begging on the streets these days. [ T ] Is your child begging you for a skateboard?
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    begged; begging 1 : to ask for money, food, or help as charity beg in the streets 2 : to ask earnestly or politely
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    , begged, beg·ging. to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness. to beg alms; to beg forgiveness. to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy.
     
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