Beg

·vt To take for granted; to assume without proof.

II. Beg ·noun A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

III. Beg ·vt To ask for as a charity, ·esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.

IV. Beg ·vt To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

V. Beg ·vt To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to Beseech.

VI. Beg ·vt To make petition to; to Entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.

VII. Beg ·vi To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.