• 1. to solicit (for money, food, etc), esp in the street
• 2. to ask (someone) for (something or leave to do something) formally, humbly, or earnestly
• 3. (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly
• 4. to leave unanswered or unresolved
• 5. See also beg off
• 6. C13: probably from Old English bedecian ; related to Gothic bidagwa beggar
• 7. The use of beg the question to mean that a question needs to be asked is considered by some people to be incorrect

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• a variant of bey

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