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Noun begging has 1 sense
- beggary, begging, mendicancy - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
--1 is a kind of solicitation
Verb beg has 3 senses
- beg, implore, pray - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
--1 is one way to plead
Sample sentences:
They beg him to write the letter
They beg to move
- solicit, beg, tap - 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"
--2 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- beg - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
--3 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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