[beg] 
verb, begged, beg⋅ging.| 1. | to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness. |
| 2. | to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy. Sit down, I beg you. |
| 3. | to take for granted without basis or justification: a statement that begs the very point we're disputing. |
| 4. | to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid; evade: a report that consistently begs the whole problem. |
| 5. | to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms. |
| 6. | to ask humbly or earnestly: begging for help; begging to differ. |
| 7. | (of a dog) to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty. |
| 8. | beg off, to request or obtain release from an obligation, promise, etc.: He had promised to drive us to the recital but begged off at the last minute. |
| 9. | beg the question, to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question. |
| 10. | go begging, to remain open or available, as a position that is unfilled or an unsold item: The job went begging for lack of qualified applicants. |
| 1. | begin. |
| 2. | beginning. |
[bey] | 1. | a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire. |
| 2. | (formerly) a title of respect for Turkish dignitaries. |
| 3. | (formerly) the title of the native ruler of Tunis or Tunisia. |
| beg (běg) v. begged, beg·ging, begs v. tr.
beg offTo ask to be released from something, such as an obligation: We were invited to stay for dinner, but we had to beg off. [Middle English beggen, possibly from Anglo-Norman begger, from Old French begart, lay brother, one who prays; see beggar.] Synonyms: These verbs mean to make an earnest request. Beg and crave mean to ask in a serious and sometimes humble manner, especially for something one cannot claim as a right: I begged her to forgive me. The attorney craved the court's indulgence. |
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That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 12:12; 14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they shall be beggars (Ps. 37:25; 109:10). In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of beggars (Mark 10:46; Luke 16:20, 21; Acts 3:2), yet there is no mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the East. "Beggarly," in Gal. 4:9, means worthless.
| BEG big evil grin |
beg
title among Turkish peoples traditionally given to rulers of small tribal groups, to members of ruling families, and to important officials. Under the Ottoman Empire a bey was the governor of a province, distinguished by his own flag (sancak, liwa). In Tunis after 1705 the title become hereditary for the country's sovereign. Later "bey" became a general title of respect in Turkish and Arab countries, added after a personal name and equivalent to "esquire" (or "sir" in conversation) in English. In the 20th-century Turkish republic, bey, though surviving in polite conversation, was replaced by bay before the name (equivalent to "Mr.").
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