To ask alms or by way of alms. transitive. To ask (bread, money, etc.) in alms or as a charitable gift; to procure (one's living) by begging.

To receive by begging; to beg (alms, one's food, etc.); in modern Scottish, to solicit gifts on special occasions, esp. on setting up housekeeping…

transitive. To obtain by begging.

transitive. To beg (someone) for money, etc. Also intransitive: to beg, cadge.

transitive. To acquire by begging or scrounging; to beg for; to cadge, sponge.

transitive. To obtain (money, assistance, etc.) by begging, coaxing, or importuning a person.

intransitive. To beg. Also occasionally transitive with it: to scrape or scrounge a living.

transitive. To break (a safe); also, to beg.

transitive. U.S. slang. To importune (a person); to beg or pester (someone) for money, food, etc.; (also) to obtain (something) by begging; to…

Now slang and English regional. transitive. To obtain by begging or scrounging.