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Noun begging has 1 sense
  1. beggary, begging, mendicancy - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
    --1 is a kind of solicitation
,Verb beg has 3 senses
  1. beg, implore, pray - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
    --1 is one way to plead
    Derived form: noun beggary1
    Sample sentences:
    They beg him to write the letter
    They beg to move
  2. solicit, beg, tap - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
    --2 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
    Derived form: noun beggary1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something from somebody
  3. beg - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
    --3 is one way to     request, bespeak, call for, quest
    Derived form: noun beggary1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
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