Originally Posted by Flash
Why do you beg for thanks? /
You observably dont realize what begging is?
–verb (used with object)
1.
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness.
2.
to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy. Sit down, I beg you.
3.
to take for granted without basis or justification: a statement that begs the very point we're disputing.
4.
to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid; evade: a report that consistently begs the whole problem.
–verb (used without object)
5.
to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms.
6.
to ask humbly or earnestly: begging for help; begging to differ.
7.
(of a dog) to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty.
—Verb phrase
8.
beg off, to request or obtain release from an obligation, promise, etc.: He had promised to drive us to the recital but begged off at the last minute.
—Idioms
9.
beg the question, to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question.
10.
go begging, to remain open or available, as a position that is unfilled or an unsold item: The job went begging for lack of qualified applicants.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME beggen, by assimilation from OE *bedican, syncopated var. of bedecian to beg; cf. Goth bidagwa beggar. See bead
—Related forms
half-begging, adjective
un·begged, adjective
—Synonyms
2. entreat, pray, beseech, petition. Beg and request are used in certain conventional formulas, in the sense of ask. Beg, once a part of many formal expressions used in letter writing, debate, etc., is now used chiefly in such courteous formulas as I beg your pardon; The Committee begs to report, etc. Request, more impersonal and now more formal, is used in giving courteous orders ( You are requested to report ) and in commercial formulas like to request payment.
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