Meaning & use
Begs
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Asks for something earnestly or humbly, often as an act of charity or desperation.
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The stray dog begs for scraps outside the restaurant every evening.
He begs his boss for one more day to finish the report.
A note on using this word
The idiom "begs the question" is widely misused to mean "raises the question," though its original logical sense refers to circular reasoning.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
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