Word Meaning

beg definition and meaning

n. A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
v. t. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
v. t. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
v. t. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
v. t. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
v. t. To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
v. i. To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

Crossword clues for beg

- A little woebegone? Seek alms!
- Ask for food or money
- Ask for money
- Avoid answering (the question)
- Implore
- Plead
- Plead with top barrister, for example
- Scrounge
- Seek alms
- Solicit
- Solicit alms
- Solicit charity