单词 | begging |
释义 | beggingn. 1. The action or habit of asking earnestly; spec. of asking alms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > beseeching or importuning beseechinga1350 suit1372 beggingc1380 pursuita1393 supplicationa1393 cravingc1430 entreating1525 solicitation1533 entreatance1548 precation1548 suiting1560 soliciting1570 imploration1575 importuning1582 implore1590 suing1591 treating1595 exoration1610 implorement1611 imploring1611 suppliance?1611 importunement1665 solicitancy1665 beseechmenta1680 instancing1736 suppliancy1812 beg1814 clamouring1884 opportuning1972 the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging thigging1331 cravingc1430 rogation?1536 progging1579 skeldering1600 begging1606 beggary1608 maunding1608 maund1610 gooding1646 mendication1646 mumping1685 mendicity1756 cadge1819 cadging1859 mumpery1894 plinging1910 yegging1913 panhandling1931 aggressive panhandling1981 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 128 Summe by bygging and some by ȝifte. c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xii. 30 For beggynge wytoute forthe, bote þere be a meke herte wyt in forthe, is lytyll werth as to perfeccioune. 1606 Returne from Pernassus iv. ii. sig. G There is a statute come out against begging. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. xviii. 267 Those pressing and indecent Beggings of Alms. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 198 To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon: that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so. 2. to go (or have been) a begging: a. to go about begging. (Cf. begged adv.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)] thigc1300 begc1384 crave1393 to go a-begged1393 prowl1530 to go (or have been) a begging1535 maund?1536 to bear the wallet1546 cant1567 prog1579 to turn to bag and wallet1582 skelder1602 maunder1611 strike1618 emendicate1623 mendicate1623 to go a-gooding1646 mump1685 shool1736 cadge1819 to stand pad1841 stag1860 bum1870 schnorr1875 panhandle1894 pling1915 stem1924 nickel-and-dime1942 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xx. A Therfore shal he go abegginge..and haue nothinge. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 53 Where they have beene a begging for it. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 221 I dared not go a-begging of those that knew me. b. figurative (said of situations, offices, in need of men to fill them; things offered for sale and finding no purchaser; and the like.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > be without owner or occupier [verb (intransitive)] to go (or have been) a begginga1593 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > not sell > remain unsold to lie on one's hands1548 to go (or have been) a begginga1593 stick1729 a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 218 Sin might go a-begging for want of service. 1597 J. Howson Serm. 24 Dec. 34 Benefices went a begging as Ministers doe nowe. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. iii. i. 117 Land almost went a-begging. 1878 H. Smart Play or Pay viii. 160 I'll not believe a good horse goes begging in the Coverly country. 3. begging of the question: a taking for granted of the thing to be proved. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > begging the question petitio principii1531 begging of the question1579 petition of principle1579 craving of the principle1587 beggarya1603 precariousness1666 petitio1894 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 153 Alas, this is such a poore begginge of that in question. 1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 19 An usuall fallacie, a shamefull begging of the question. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iv. 87 Reasonings of this description..are but so many beggings of the question. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as begging-bowl, begging-box, begging-expedition, begging-letter, begging-letter-writer. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar's box begging-box1651 the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > begging-letter writer begging-letter-writer1846 high-flyer1851 screever1851 society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > begging letter scrieve1581 begging-letter1849 slum1851 the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > one who requests or petitions > letter or document bill1377 petition1414 supplicationc1419 subligationc1600 fire briefa1643 begging-letter1849 slum1851 the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar's bowl maple dish1637 begging-bowl1895 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum ii. 3 The Author..rid upon a long stick, or in begging shooes, as he did when he was a Friar. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 32 I must be fain to take up their Questions in a cleft-Cane, or a Begging-box, as they do Charity in Prisons. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 316 They..entered the Krames, and passed the begging-box. 1846 Times 12 Feb. 6/6 (heading) Begging-letter writers. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xiv. 299 He sent out begging-letters far and wide. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 117 He was a begging-letter writer. 1867 Times 7 Oct. The Begging Letter Writer has talents which it is impossible not to admire. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. App. 545 This was not the last begging expedition of Gervinus to our shore. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. i. 4 My desk is full of begging letters. 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 35 Let the begging-bowl be placed outside the shrine. C2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] > Thursday in Sheer Thursdayc1200 Maundy Thursday1440 Skire Thursday?c1450 Cene Thursday1483 Skere Thursday1498 Our Lord's Supper Daya1500 Maudlin Thursday1517 Shrove Thursday1518 begging Thursday1546 mandate Thursday1546 Holy Thursday1590 1546 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 250 Tomorrow begging Thursday, I must of force ride to Tankerslay. begging-wise adv. by way of begging, in begging fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adverb] suppliantly1565 beggingly1598 petitionarily1604 askingly1611 supplicantly1629 supplicatorilya1631 eucticallya1638 begging-wise1645 precariously1646 earn1656 entreatingly1661 suppliant-like1670 supplicatingly1799 imploringly1810 beseechingly1830 pleadingly1838 appealingly1847 beggarly1850 precatively1869 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 87 All that faith hath, is by way of receiving and begging-wise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). beggingadj. That begs, mendicant; spec. in begging friar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > begging thigginga1300 begging1583 skeldering1602 maundering1615 maunding?1629 mendicanting1630 mumping1709 panhandling1884 on the tap1932 1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. D.iiv Forced to goe up and downe in the streetes..like a begging Frier. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 198 A ciuile begging sect. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 658 With the begging kind Shame suits but ill. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 80 An order of begging friars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1380adj.1583 |
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