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Beg

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1.SymbolISO 639-3 language code for Belait.
2.VerbTo request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
"He begged on the street corner from passers-by."
3.VerbTo plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
"I beg your pardon. I didn’t mean to cause offence.; He begged her to go to the prom with him."
4.VerbTo unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
"The way you keep eating raw meat, you're just begging to get tapeworms."
5.VerbTo obviously lack or be in need of something.
"A captivating novel that just begs for a movie adaptation"
6.VerbIn the phrase beg the question: to assume.
7.VerbIn the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
8.VerbTo ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
9.NounThe act of begging; an imploring request.
10.NounA pretentious, attention-seeking, or eccentric individual.
11.NounAlternative form of bey.
"Yaqub Beg (c. 1820 – 1877)"
12.NounAbbreviation of beginning.
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