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  • 11BEGGING AND BEGGARS — Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of leket, shikhḥah , and pe… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 12Begging — Beg Beg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or cf. beghard, beguin.] 1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13begging bowl — UK [ˈbeɡɪŋ ˌbəʊl] / US [ˈbeɡɪŋ ˌboʊl] noun [countable] Word forms begging bowl : singular begging bowl plural begging bowls a) a bowl carried by someone who is asking for food or money b) a request for money made by a country or an organization …

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  • 14begging letter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms begging letter : singular begging letter plural begging letters a letter asking for money, usually written by a poor person to someone they know is rich …

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  • 15begging — n. to live by begging * * * [ begɪŋ] to live by begging …

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  • 16begging the question — noun A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning. It is an instance of begging the question to argue that God can only… …

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  • 17begging — noun Begging is used before these nouns: ↑bowl …

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  • 18begging the question —    Strictly speaking, to beg a question is to present as proof something that itself needs proving. Bernstein cites as an example the sentence Parallel lines will never meet because they are parallel. The second half of the sentence only seems to …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 19begging for it — Vrb phrs. A general comment on a person s supposed, if not actual, yearning for sexual intimacies. E.g. Cor, look at her! She s begging for it …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 20Begging for Love — ] ee also*Cinema of Japan *List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmReferencesExternal links*imdb title|id=0168450|title=Ai o Kōhito …

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