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Definitions for Begging

[1] to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness.
[2] to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy. Sit down, I beg you.
[3] to take for granted without basis or justification: a statement that begs the very point we're disputing.
[4] to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid; evade: a report that consistently begs the whole problem.
[5] to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms.
[6] to ask humbly or earnestly: begging for help; begging to differ.
[7] (of a dog) to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty.
[8] beg off , to request or obtain release from an obligation, promise, etc.: He had promised to drive us to the recital but begged off at the last minute.
[9] beg the question , to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question.
[10] go begging , to remain open or available, as a position that is unfilled or an unsold item: The job went begging for lack of qualified applicants.
[11] (when intr , often foll by for ) to solicit (for money, food, etc), esp in the street
[12] to ask (someone) for (something or leave to do something) formally, humbly, or earnestly I beg forgiveness ; I beg to differ
[13] (intr) (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly
[14] to leave unanswered or unresolved to beg a point
[15] beg the question to evade the issue to assume the thing under examination as proved to suggest that a question needs to be asked the firm's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
[16] go begging or go a-begging to be unwanted or unused
[17] a variant of bey

Words related to Begging

begcraving, imploring, anxious

Words nearby Begging

begbeforehand, beforetime, befoul, befriend, befuddle, beg, beg off, beg the question, beg to differ, beg, borrow, or steal, beg-pardon

Origin of Begging

1before 900; Middle English beggen, by assimilation from Old English *bedican, syncopated variant of bedecian to beg; compare Gothic bidagwa beggar. See bead

Other words from Begging

half-beg·ging , adjective
un·begged , adjective

Word origin for Begging

C13: probably from Old English bedecian ; related to Gothic bidagwa beggar

Synonyms for Begging

craving, imploring, anxious, in need