BEG

vt to take for granted; to assume without proof.

2. beg ·noun a title of honor in turkey and in some other parts of the east; a bey.

3. beg ·vt to ask for as a charity, ·esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.

4. beg ·vt to ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

5. beg ·vt to ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.

6. beg ·vt to make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.

7. beg ·vi to ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.