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Meaning of beg

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  beg
      v 1: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
           [syn: {beg}, {implore}, {pray}]
      2: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request
         urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a
         divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different
         charities" [syn: {solicit}, {beg}, {tap}]
      3: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
      4: dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the
         question"; "beg the point in the discussion"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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