beg

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

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