† emendicatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To obtain by begging.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg [verb (transitive)]
beg?c1225
thigc1300
emendicate1611
mang1811
bum1863
schnorr1892
panhandle1894
yegg1916
ding1935
mump-
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 496/1 Nor would [he] any longer emendicate their forraine Iustice.
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 554 It must emendicate Vertue..to satisfie the Auarice of the Horse-leaches of Rome.
1681 [see emendicated adj. at Derivatives]. 2. absol. To beg.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)]
thigc1300
begc1384
crave1393
to go a-begged1393
prowl1530
to go (or have been) a begging1535
maund?1536
to bear the wallet1546
cant1567
prog1579
to turn to bag and wallet1582
skelder1602
maunder1611
strike1618
emendicate1623
mendicate1623
to go a-gooding1646
mump1685
shool1736
cadge1819
to stand pad1841
stag1860
bum1870
schnorr1875
panhandle1894
pling1915
stem1924
nickel-and-dime1942
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Emendicate, to beg, or craue almes.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.
Derivatives
eˈmendicated adj.
ΚΠ
1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. 56 Orders are..given, upon the credit of emendicated recommendations.
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