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Definition beg

Etymology 1

From Middle English beggen, assimilation from Old English *becgan, *bedcan, *bedican, syncopated variants of bedecian (“to beg”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bedagô (“petitioner; requestor; beggar”), from *bed?, *bed? (“prayer; request”). Related to North Frisian b?dagi (“to pray”), Gothic ??????? (bidagwa, “beggar”), Old English biddan (“to ask”). More at bid, bead.

Verb

beg (third-person singular simple present begs, present participle begging, simple past and past participle begged)

1. (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
2. (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
3. (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
4. (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
5. (transitive, law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ??‎ (beg).

Noun

beg (plural begs)

1. A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.

Etymology 3

Noun

beg

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of beginning.

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