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Definition of Begged
1. beg [v] - See also: beg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begged
Literary usage of Begged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"Then he came up, and begged me with words of courtesy to surrender my arms.
While I was engaged in doing this, it crossed my mind that exactly on that very ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"One day the earl told Cavendish that he had got an answer from the king, showing
that Henry had still a good opinion of him, and he begged Cavendish to ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"They begged, then, that they would simply tell them to take up their dead, not "
after evacuating the territory of the ..."
4. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"Fern begged her to go as chaperon to a barn-dance in the country, on a Saturday
evening. Carol could not go. The next day, the storm crashed. chapter CAROL ..."