begged
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
An inflected form of beg · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,650 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,019 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- call upon in supplication; entreat also: implore, pray I beg you to stop!
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently also: solicit, tap Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorceMy neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
- ask to obtain free beg money and food
- dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted beg the questionbeg the point in the discussion
begged in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Once you begged humbly; now you demand rudely.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He woke her, and begged her firmly, but politely, to follow him quickly.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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And he begged Florian to tell him where he had been all the long year.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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At last when he was told that he must die by slow torture he begged for protection.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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On foot she wandered from village to village, and begged her way wherever a false clew misled her steps.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1