beg

English

/bɛɡ/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
  • (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
  • (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
  • (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
  • (transitive) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English beggen (beg) derived from Old English *becgan inherited from Proto-Germanic *bedagô (beggar, petitioner, requestor).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bedagô

Gloss

beggar, petitioner, requestor

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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