資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beg \Beg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to
   Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or
   cf. beghard, beguin.]
   1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to
      beseech.

            I do beg your good will in this case. --Shak.

            [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.    --Matt. xxvii.
                                                  58.

   Note: Sometimes implying deferential and respectful, rather
         than earnest, asking; as, I beg your pardon; I beg
         leave to disagree with you.

   2. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or
      from house to house.

            Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his
            seed begging bread.                   --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                  25.

   3. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to
      grant a favor.

   4. To take for granted; to assume without proof.

資料來源 : WordNet®

begging
     n : a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street
         by an apparently penniless person) [syn: {beggary}, {mendicancy}]

beg
     v 1: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
          [syn: {implore}, {pray}]
     2: 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" [syn: {solicit}, {tap}]
     3: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
     [also: {begging}, {begged}]

begging
     See {beg}