1. Call upon in supplication; entreat
   "I beg you to stop!"
   - implore, pray 
2. Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
   - solicit, tap 
3. Ask to obtain free
   "beg money and food" 
4. Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
   "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"

Derived forms: begged, begs, begging

See also: beg off, beggary

Type of: bespeak, call for, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, finesse, fudge, hedge, parry, plead, put off, quest, request, sidestep, skirt

Encyclopedia: Beg, Borrow, & Deal Beg Beg, Borrow and Deal Beg, Borrow & Deal

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