beg
- Verb. (intransitive) to request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- Verb. (transitive) to plead with someone for help or for a favor.
- Verb. (transitive) to assume, in the phrase (term, beg the question) .
- Verb. (proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase (term, beg the question) .
- Noun. a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey.
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