Thesaurus: beg

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1. n. A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
2. v. t. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
3. v. t. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
4. v. t. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
5. v. t. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
6. v. t. To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
7. v. i. To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
8. v. call upon in supplication; entreat
9. v. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
10. v. ask to obtain free
11. v. dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted