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BEG

beg - v 
ask to obtain free; "beg money and food" 
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" 

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Synonyms

appeal (to), beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate

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Examples

“She tried to look towards Gerry and silently beg him to help her.”

“Stunned, scattered, and so hungry for him, they wanted to beg him to take them to bed?”

“All he wanted was to be alone so he could call his wife back and beg for her understanding.”

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Etymology

"to ask alms," especially to do so habitually as one's way of life, c. 1200, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the rare Old English bedecian "to beg," from Proto-Germanic *beth-. Or from Anglo-French begger, a back-formation from Old French noun begart (see beggar (n.)) and ultimately from Beguine, which OED considers "perhaps the most likely derivation." The Old English word for "beg" was wædlian, from wædl "poverty." Related: Begged; begging.

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