beg
beg \'beg\ vb or begged; or beg.ging [ME beggen] 1: to ask for as a
charity 2: to ask earnestly for : ENTREAT 3a: EVADE, SIDESTEP 3b: to
assume as established or proved {~ the question} 1: to ask for or live by
asking for charity 2: to ask earnestly for something 3: DECLINE, RENEGE -
used with off E, ADJURE, IMPORTUNE mean to ask urgently. BEG suggests
earnestness or insistence in asking for something to which one has no claim
or right; ENTREAT implies an effort to overcome resistance or deflect from
resolute purpose; BESEECH implies great eagerness or anxiety; IMPLORE adds
to BESEECH a suggestion of greater urgency or anguished appeal; SUPPLICATE
suggests a posture of humility; ADJURE implies enjoining as well as
pleading and suggests the involving of something sacred; IMPORTUNE suggests
an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request SYN
syn BEG, ENTREAT, BESEECH, IMPLORE, SUPPLICAT