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beg B0160400 (bĕg)v. begged, beg·ging, begs v.tr.1. a. To ask (someone) for something in an urgent or humble manner: begged me for help; begged me to give him the phone number.b. To ask for (something) in an urgent or humble manner: beg someone's forgiveness; beg a favor.c. To ask for (food or money, for instance) as a beggar. 2. To ask (permission) to do something: begged leave to attend the ceremony.3. a. To evade; dodge: a speech that begged the real issues.b. To take for granted without proof: beg the point in a dispute.v.intr.1. a. To ask for something, especially money or food from strangers, in an urgent or humble manner.b. To live as a beggar.2. To make an urgent or humble plea: beg for mercy.Phrasal Verb: beg off To ask to be released from something, such as an obligation: We were invited to stay for dinner, but we had to beg off.Idioms: beg (someone's) pardon Used to introduce a polite request. beg the question1. To assume to be true what one is purporting to prove in an argument.2. To call to mind a question in a discussion; invite or provoke a question. beg to differ To disagree in a polite manner.
[Middle English beggen, possibly from Anglo-Norman begger, from Old French begart, lay brother, one who prays; see beggar.]Synonyms: beg, entreat, beseech, implore
These verbs mean to make an earnest request of someone. Beg may imply no more than standard courtesy (forgive me, I beg you), but in less formulaic expressions it usually suggests a respectful seriousness: I begged her to tell me what was troubling her.
Entreat suggests earnest pleading: "Hamilton and Jefferson ... each denounced the other ... Washington was appalled [and] entreated his warring secretaries to make peace" (Herbert Sloan).
Beseech is often used formally, especially in addressing an authority or divinity, but regardless of tone it emphasizes serious concern and often implies urgency: "[She] was beseeching us to do everything possible to save him" (Bernard Lown).
Implore suggests a similar sense of urgency in a matter of great importance: "Her mother had implored her to try to get an education, to try to break out of ... poverty" (Robert Coles). See Also Synonyms at cadge.Usage Note: Historically, logicians and philosophers have used the phrase beg the question to mean "to put forward an argument whose conclusion is already assumed as a premise." Usually, when people beg the question in this sense, the conclusion and the assumed premise are put in slightly different words, which tends to obscure the fact that such an argument is logically meaningless. For instance, to argue that caviar tastes better than peanut butter because caviar has a superior flavor is to beg the question—the premise that is taken as given (that caviar's flavor is superior) is essentially identical to the point it is intended to prove (that caviar tastes better).·But since at least the early 1900s, laypeople have been using beg the question in slightly different senses, to mean "raise a relevant question" or "leave a relevant question unanswered." When used in these senses, beg the question is usually followed by a clause explaining what the question in question is, as in That article begs the question of whether we should build a new school or renovate the old one or The real estate listing claims that the kitchen is spacious, which begs the question of what "spacious" means. These senses of beg the question are so well established that they have nearly displaced the original sense in everyday usage, but they are still often frowned on by traditionalists, especially those with training in philosophy; in our 2013 survey, the sentences above were judged acceptable only by slim majorities of the Usage Panel—55 and 58 percent, respectively. By contrast, a sentence using the phrase in its original sense (When I asked him why we must protect every endangered species regardless of the cost, he said it was because every species is priceless, but that just begs the question) was considered acceptable by 79 percent of the Panel. The newer senses of beg the question will probably continue to flourish because "begging a question" suggests "begging for," or "raising" a question. However, this broader usage will also probably continue to draw the ire of philosophers and others who use the "circular reasoning" sense of the term, for which there is no good substitute, and do not want to see its technical meaning lost.beg off vb (intr, adverb) to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | beg off - ask for permission to be released from an engagementexcusecall for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
beg off
beg offTo ask to be excused from an obligation or invitation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "beg" and "off." She had to beg off that project when she realized that it interfered with her normal duties. I begged the dinner party off last night because I was feeling ill.See also: beg, offbeg something offto decline an invitation politely. She begged the trip to the zoo off. We all begged off the dinner invitation.See also: beg, offbeg off (on something)to ask to be released from something; to refuse an invitation. I'm sorry, but I'll be out of town on the day of your party. I'll have to beg off on your invitation. I have an important meeting, so I'll have to beg off.See also: beg, offbeg offAsk to be released from an obligation; turn down an invitation. For example, He's asked me out to dinner three times already, but I have to beg off again, or Mother couldn't take on another committee and so she begged off. [Early 1700s] See also: beg, offbeg offv. To excuse oneself from something, such as an obligation: We were invited to stay for dinner, but we had to beg off.See also: beg, offEncyclopediaSeeBEGbeg off
Related to beg off: On a par, run into, cadge, stave off, give rise toSynonyms for beg offverb ask for permission to be released from an engagementSynonymsRelated Words- call for
- request
- bespeak
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