Definition of begs

"begs" in the verb sense

1. beg, implore, pray

call upon in supplication entreat

"I beg you to stop!"

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"

3. beg

ask to obtain free

"beg money and food"

4. beg

dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

"beg the question"

"beg the point in the discussion"

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Quotations for begs

He buys very dear who begs. [ Portuguese Proverb ]

He that rewards flattery begs it. [ Proverb ]

He begs a blessing of a wooden god. [ Proverb ]

He that asks faintly begs a denial. [ Proverb ]

He who begs timidly courts a refusal. [ Seneca ]

Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay,
But cometh back on foot, and begs its way. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

A man of many trades begs his bread on Sundays. [ Proverb ]

He who begs for others is contriving for himself. [ Proverb ]

A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two. [ Calderon ]

It is fair that he who begs to be forgiven should in turn forgive. [ Horace ]

Love is a beggar, who still begs when one has given him everything. [ Rochepedre ]

He that has no resources of mind, is more to be pitied than he who is in want of necessaries for the body; and to be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others, bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. [ Colton ]

begs in Scrabble®

The word begs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters begs:

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begs in Words With Friends™

The word begs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters begs:

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Words within the letters of begs

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Words containing the sequence begs

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Words with begs in them (1 word)

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