Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beg"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Beg
That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant
evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of
beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were
provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 12:12;
14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they
shall be beggars (Ps. 37:25; 109:10).
In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of
beggars (Mark 10:46; Luke 16:20, 21; Acts 3:2), yet there is no
mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the
East. "Beggarly," in Gal. 4:9, means worthless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beg \Beg\, v. i.
To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the
wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. --Luke xvi. 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beg \Beg\, n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. {Bey}, {Begum}.]
A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the
East; a bey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beg \Beg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to
Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or
cf. beghard, beguin.]
1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to
beseech.
I do beg your good will in this case. --Shak.
[Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. --Matt. xxvii.
58.
Note: Sometimes implying deferential and respectful, rather
than earnest, asking; as, I beg your pardon; I beg
leave to disagree with you.
2. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or
from house to house.
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his
seed begging bread. --Ps. xxxvii.
25.
3. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to
grant a favor.
4. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beg
v 1: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
[syn: {implore}, {pray}]
2: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request
urgently [syn: {solicit}, {tap}]
3: ask to obtain free, as of money
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