begging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: begging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for begging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
begging n a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) Synonym(s): beggary, begging, mendicancy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beg \Beg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or cf. beghard, beguin.] 1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech. I do beg your good will in this case. --Shak. [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. --Matt. xxvii. 58. Note: Sometimes implying deferential and respectful, rather than earnest, asking; as, I beg your pardon; I beg leave to disagree with you. 2. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. --Ps. xxxvii. 25. 3. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor. 4. To take for granted; to assume without proof.