| VERB | communication | beg, implore, pray | call upon in supplication |
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| communication | beg, solicit, tap | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something | |
| possession | beg | ask to obtain free | |
| communication | beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
| Sounds | beh'g | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bootleg ... segue: 11 rhymes with ehg... | |
| Meaning | Call upon in supplication; entreat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They beg him to write the letter; They beg to move | |
| Example | "I beg you to stop!" | |
| Synonyms | implore, pray | |
| Narrower | crave | plead or ask for earnestly |
| importune, insist | beg persistently and urgently | |
| supplicate | ask humbly (for something) | |
| Broader | plead | appeal or request earnestly |
| See also | beg off | ask for permission to be released from an engagement |
| Spanish | implorar, rezar, rogar, suplicar | |
| Catalan | implorar, pregar, resar, suplicar | |
| Nouns | beggary | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
| Meaning | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | solicit, tap | |
| Narrower | canvass | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign |
| lobby, buttonhole | Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of | |
| quest | seek alms, as for religious purposes | |
| Broader | request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| Spanish | pedir, rogar, solicitar, suplicar | |
| Catalan | pregar, sol·licitar | |
| Nouns | beggary | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
| Meaning | ask to obtain free. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "beg money and food" | |
| Narrower | panhandle | beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money |
| schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge | Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling / wheedling | |
| Broader | request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| Spanish | mendigar, pedir | |
| Catalan | captar, pidolar | |
| Nouns | beggary | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
| Meaning | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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| Broader | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
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