Definition of Beggings

1. begging [n] - See also: begging

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggings

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beggarwomen
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begged
begged off
beggestere
beggesteres
beggiatoaceae
beggiatoales
begging
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begging the question
beggingly
beggingness
beggings (current term)
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begin

Literary usage of Beggings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1917)
"... (beggings of the question or vicious circles). I believe that I can conclude from the above discussion that not one of these theses is proved, and that, ..."

2. A Few Specimens of the Ars Logica Copleiana, Or, Solicitor-General's Logic by Francis Maceroni (1820)
"don't haggle with him about a determination, or a wind — or any such puff! — so let him take all these " beggings'' and eke'em out prudently. ..."

3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"Now were the fickle monks tempted of the Fiend, and they wrought with their abbot unceasingly by beggings and beseechings that he would construct a bath; ..."

4. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"There are, as we have seen, some errors and inaccuracies of detail and some very important “beggings” of the main question as to the distinction between ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"The author's arguments to the contrary are largely beggings of the question. The surgeon who consults the permanent good of his patient in preference to ..."

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