beg

1. Call upon in supplication;
   Entreat (synset 200761314)
   "I beg you to stop!"
   is a type of: plead - appeal or request earnestly
   subtypes:

   • crave - plead or ask for earnestly
   • supplicate - ask humbly (for something)
   • importune, insist - beg persistently and urgently
   same as: implore, pray
2. Make a solicitation or entreaty for something;
   Request urgently or persistently (synset 200784104)
   "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
   is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
   subtypes:

   • quest - seek alms, as for religious purposes
   • canvass - solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
   • buttonhole, lobby - detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
   same as: solicit, tap
3. Ask to obtain free (synset 202275660)
   "beg money and food"
   is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
   subtypes:

   • cadge, schnorr, scrounge, shnorr - obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
   • panhandle - beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
4. Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted (synset 200811888)
   "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"
   is a type of: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

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