begging

Definition of begging in English English dictionary: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person); {i} panhandling, publicly asking for handouts; present participle of beg; {a} mendicant; beseeching
begging off: Present participle of beg off
begging the question: A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning
It is an instance of begging the question to argue that God can only do good deeds because God is good.
begging bowl: If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money. He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl
begging for forgiveness: asking for a pardon, asking for forgiveness
begging letter: disapproval A begging letter is a letter from a person or organization in which they ask you to send some money for a particular purpose. I wrote hundreds of begging letters to charities and businesses
begging the question: A fallacious manner of arguing in which the very thing that one is attempting to establish is assumed as a premise
begging the question: - An argument begs the question in a context if and only if any objection in the context to its conclusion is also an objection to one of its premises, and that premise is not supported by any independent evidence
begging the question: This form of pseudoreasoning attempts to defend a claim by using the claim itself This is also known as circular reasoning
begging the question: The fallacy of reasoning committed when one assumes the truth of what one is attempting to prove in an argument
begging the question: The fallacy that involves assuming as a premise the very conclusion that the argument is intended to prove
beg: To raise a question, in the phrase beg the question
beg: To assume, in the phrase beg the question
beg: To plead with someone for help or for a favor
But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake'.
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beg: {v} to ask earnestly, take for granted
go begging: To be in little or no demand - "Prestige or no prestige, directors' jobs at some companies have actually gone begging"
BEG: smirk, sarcastic or gloating smile (Internet Chat Slang)
I'm begging you: I'm asking you in every possible way, I beseech you, please
beg: If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it. There is other housing going begging in town
beg: Big Evil Grin
beg: A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey
beg: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food
beg: to ask for habitually or from house to house
beg: politeness You say `I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone
beg: To request the help of someone, often in the form of money
beg: To ask for as a charity, esp
beg: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" ask to obtain free; "beg money and food
beg: If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect. Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
beg: To take for granted; to assume without proof
beg: A tribal leader; term is used by some Turkic-speaking tribes
beg: If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. I was surrounded by people begging for food There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough She was living alone, begging food from neighbors
beg: A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey
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beg: {f} request, plead; ask for charity
beg: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
beg: I beg your pardon: see pardon
beg: If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it. The research begs a number of questions
beg: If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. I begged him to come back to England with me I begged to be allowed to leave We are not going to beg for help any more They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness
beg: To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor
beg: To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for
beg: To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms
beg: 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"
beg: To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech
beg: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
go begging: seek handouts, seek charity, solicit alms; be in little demand