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[ verb ] call upon in supplication; entreat
Examples "I beg you to stop!" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)She added a postscript begging me to be careful about drinking . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)Watson watched two of them flounder into the shallow water and listened to their voices beg shrilly . The men mewed and scratched , begging to be taken_away . |
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[ verb ] make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Examples "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce" "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)`` I beg to inquire if the back is now safe for travelers '' , he said . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)What had he thought_of , to go to John , grovel and beg understanding ? |
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[ verb ] ask to obtain free, as of money
Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)So all-important are ideas , we are told , that persons successful in business and happy in social life usually fall_into two classes : those who invent new ideas of their own , and those who borrow , beg , or steal from others . |
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