BEGS
/bɛɡz/
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
B(3) E(1) G(2) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/bɛɡz/
noun
- The act of begging; an imploring request.
verb
- To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.“He begged on the street corner from passers-by.”
- To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.“He begged her to go to the prom with him.”
- In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
noun
- A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
Source: Wiktionary
