beg¹ /beg/

1. To ask for alms or charity, esp habitually
2. (of a dog) to sit up on the hindquarters for a reward

1. To ask for earnestly
2. To beseech
3. To pray
4. To fail to answer or resolve

beggar /begˈər/ noun

1. A person who begs
2. A person who lives by begging
3. A person who is in need, esp of money (hyperbole)
4. An impoverished person
5. Often used playfully and even affectionately

1. To reduce to beggary
2. To exhaust or impoverish
3. To go beyond the resources of (eg description or imagination)

beggˈardom noun

The fraternity of beggars

beggˈarliness noun

beggˈarly adjective

1. Poor
2. Mean
3. Worthless

Meanly

beggˈary noun

Extreme poverty

beggˈing noun and adjective

beggˈingly adverb

beggˈar-man noun

beggˈar-my-neighˈbour noun

1. A game that goes on until one player has gained all the others' cards
2. Profit-making at the expense of others (also adjective)

beggar's lice, beggar's ticks or beggar ticks plural noun

1. Any of various plants with burrs
2. The burrs themselves

begging bowl noun

A bowl carried by beggars, esp certain orders of monks, to receive food, money, etc (often figurative)

begging letter noun

A letter soliciting charity, esp money

beg for a fool (obsolete)

To sue for the guardianship of, and administration of the estate of, a person on grounds of his or her mental deficiency

beggar belief

To be impossible to believe

beg off

1. To obtain another's release through entreaty
2. To seek remission of some penalty
3. To ask to be excused from some commitment

beg the question

1. To avoid giving an answer
2. To assume that the thing to be proved is already true in one of the premises, or in part of the proof (logic)
3. To raise an issue for debate (non-standard)

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