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Meanings of beg in English

Russian
бек
Wikidata

Noble title.

        Related terms
        бек
        Portuguese
        rogar
        Catalan
        implorar
        Spanish
        suplicar

        To make a request in a humble manner; to call upon in supplication.

              Related terms
              rogar
              Portuguese
              pedir
              Catalan
              pregar
              Spanish
              pedir

              Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.

                    pedir

                    To plead with someone for help or for a favor; to request urgently or persistently.

                          Usage of beg in English
                          1
                          Now I must beg you to stand aside; she requires immediate attention.
                          Jane and the madness of lord byron: being a jane austen mystery
                          2
                          It is better to beg in the town than in the fields.
                          Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) / Classic Tales and Old-F...
                          3
                          But if the situation is offered, I beg you not accept it.
                          Caleb's crossing
                          4
                          I shall humbly bow before her as spokesman and beg our case.
                          Return of the Crimson Guard
                          5
                          And you didn't beg her to wait, or ask for more money.
                          Sons of the Oak
                          6
                          I didn't know whether to beg, to fight, to reason with him.
                          Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
                          7
                          See how the Malinovka peasants beg in the streets of the town.
                          The Precipice
                          8
                          Keep in mind that I beg in the name of Saint Francis.
                          The Queen Pedauque
                          9
                          You must beg the channellers to give us more power, else -'
                          Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
                          10
                          I think that's a good thing, though you may beg to differ.
                          Ebony
                          11
                          I'm going right now and beg Brun to let me keep you.
                          The Clan of the Cave Bear
                          12
                          Right then, I badly wanted to beg them not to tell me.
                          Sister Mine
                          13
                          You must make that choice, but I beg you: Do it soon.
                          The Lost Sisterhood
                          14
                          Detour it where Let the weather just go on happening we beg.
                          The new yorker
                          15
                          We beg no longer; we entreat no more; we petition no more.
                          The United States Since the Civil War
                          16
                          Having held a potentially decisive third-set lead, Jankovic might beg to differ.
                          The Guardian
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                          Beg through the time
                          Beg across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
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                          United States of America
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                          Australia
                          Rare
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