beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask urgently. beg suggests earnestness or insistence in the asking.

BEG definition: 1. to make a very strong and urgent request: 2. to ask for food or money because you are poor: 3…. Learn more.

Definition of beg verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To take for granted without proof: beg the point in a dispute. 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 …

Idioms beg the question, to assume the truth of the point in dispute: If you try to prove that the death penalty reduces crime by saying that crime is reduced by having the death penalty, you are begging …

If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. I begged him to come back to England with me. [VERB noun to-infinitive] I begged to be allowed to leave. [VERB to …

BEG definition: to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness. See examples of beg used in a sentence.