Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 27
Beg (v. t.) (Old Law) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards. -- Harrington.
Hence:
To beg (one) for a fool, To take him for a fool.
I beg to, Is an elliptical expression for I beg leave to; as, I beg to inform you.
To beg the question, To assume that which was to be proved in a discussion, instead of adducing the proof or sustaining the point by argument.
To go a-begging, A figurative phrase to express the absence of demand for something which elsewhere brings a price; as, grapes are so plentiful there that they go a-begging.
Syn: To Beg, Ask, Request.
Usage: To ask (not in the sense of inquiring) is the generic term which embraces all these words. To request is only a polite mode of asking. To beg, in its original sense, was to ask with earnestness, and implied submission, or at least deference. At present, however, in polite life, beg has dropped its original meaning, and has taken the place of both ask and request, on the ground of its expressing more of deference and respect. Thus, we beg a person's acceptance of a present; we beg him to favor us with his company; a tradesman begs to announce the arrival of new goods, etc. Crabb remarks that, according to present usage, "we can never talk of asking a person's acceptance of a thing, or of asking him to do us a favor." This can be more truly said of usage in England than in America.
Beg (v. i.) To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. -- Luke xvi. 3.
Beg (v.) Call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" [syn: {beg}, {implore}, {pray}].
Beg (v.) 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" [syn: {solicit}, {beg}, {tap}].
Beg (v.) Ask to obtain free; "beg money and food."
Beg (v.) Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion."
Back End Generator
Back End Generator Language
BEG
BEGL
(BEG) A code generator developed by H. Emmelmann et al at GMD, University Karlsruhe, Germany. Its input language is Back End Generator Language (BEGL).
["BEG - A Generator for Efficient Back Ends", H. Emmelmann et al, SIGPLAN Notices 24(7): 227-237 (Jul 1989)].
["BEG - A Back End Generator - User Manual", H. Emmelmann, GMD, U Karlsruhe, 1990]. [Summary?] (2000-12-16)
Beg () That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 12:12; 14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they shall be beggars (Ps. 37:25; 109:10).
In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of beggars (Mark 10:46; Luke 16:20, 21; Acts 3:2), yet there is no mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the East. "Beggarly," in Gal. 4:9, means worthless.
BEG, (v.) To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.
Who is that, father?
A mendicant, child, Haggard, morose, and unaffable -- wild!
See how he glares through the bars of his cell!
With Citizen Mendicant all is not well.
Why did they put him there, father?
Because Obeying his belly he struck at the laws.
His belly?
Oh, well, he was starving, my boy -- A state in which, doubtless, there's little of joy.
No bite had he eaten for days, and his cry Was "Bread!" ever "Bread!"
What's the matter with pie?
With little to wear, he had nothing to sell; To beg was unlawful -- improper as well.
Why didn't he work?
He would even have done that, But men said: "Get out!" and the State remarked: "Scat!" I mention these incidents merely to show That the vengeance he took was uncommonly low.
Revenge, at the best, is the act of a Siou, But for trifles -- Pray what did bad Mendicant do?
Stole two loaves of bread to replenish his lack And tuck out the belly that clung to his back.
Is that _all_ father dear?
There's little to tell: They sent him to jail, and they'll send him to -- well, The company's better than here we can boast, And there's -- Bread for the needy, dear father? Um -- toast. Atka Mip
Bega (n.) See Bigha.
Begemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Begem.
Begemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begem.
Begem (v. t.) To adorn with gems, or as with gems.
Begot (imp.) of Beget.
Begat () of Beget.
Begot (p. p.) of Beget.
Begotten () p. p. of Beget.
Begetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beget.
Beget (v. t.) （通常指父親）生（子女）；為……之生父；引起，招致 To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.
Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget -- Milton.
Beget (v. t.) To get (with child.) [Obs.] -- Shak.
Beget (v. t.) To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
Love is begot by fancy. -- Granville.
Beget (v.) Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get}, {engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring forth}].
Beget (v.) [ T ] (Present participle begetting, past tense begot or begat, past participle begotten or begot) (Old use) 成為…的父親 To be the father of.
// In the Bible it says that Adam begat Cain and Abel.
Beget (v.) [ T ] (Formal) 引起，導致 To cause.
// Poverty begets hunger, and hunger begets crime.
Begetter (n.) One who begets; a father.
Beggable (a.) Capable of being begged.
Beggar (n.) [C] 乞丐，叫化子；窮人，窮光蛋 One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
Beggar (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
Beggared (imp. & p. p.) of Beggar.
Beggaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beggar.
Beggar (v. t.) 使淪為乞丐；使貧窮；使不足；使不能 To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. -- Milton.
Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
It beggared all description. -- Shak.
Beggar (n.) A pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar, mendicant].
Beggar (v.) Be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
Beggar (v.) Reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise].
Beggar (n.) One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms. The laws of several of the states punish begging as an offence.
Beggar (n.) One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
Beggarhood (n.) 乞丐的境遇 The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.
Beggarism (n.) [U] 赤貧；乞丐生涯 Beggary. [R.]
Beggarism (n.) ( Rare) The state of beggarhood.
Beggarism (n.) Behavior characteristic of a begar.
Beggarliness (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.
Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
Beggarly (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.
Beggarly (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.
Beggary (n.) 赤貧；乞丐生涯 The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
Beggary (n.) Beggarly appearance.
Beggary (a.) Beggarly.
Beggestere (n.) A beggar.
Beghard (n.) Alt. of Beguard.
Begotten () p. p. of Beget.
Begotten (a.) (Of offspring) Generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child."
Begotten , () beget 的過去分詞; His only begotten son.
Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.
Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begild.
Begilt () of Begild.
Begild (v. t.) To gild.
Begin (n.) Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] -- Spenser.
Began (imp. & p. p.) of Begin.
Begun () of Begin.
Beginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begin.
Begin (v. i.) To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began. -- Pope.
Begin (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." -- Dryden.
When I begin, I will also make an end. -- 1 Sam. iii. 12.
Begin (v. t.) To enter on; to commence.
Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. -- Pope.
Begin (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. -- Locke.
Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.
Begin (n) Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) [syn: Begin, Menachem Begin].
Begin (v.) Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate].
Begin (v.) Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [syn: begin, start] [ant: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate].
Begin (v.) Set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start, commence] [ant: end, terminate].
Begin (v.) Begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began.
Begin (v.) Be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester."
Begin (v.) Have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month."
Begin (v.) Have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin, start].
Begin (v.) Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [syn: begin, start].
Begin (v.) Achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war."
Begin (v.) Begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade."
Beginner (n.) One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
Beginning (n.) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Beginning (n.) That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
Beginning (n.) That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Beginning (n.) Enterprise.
Begirt (imp.) of Begird.
Begirded () of Begird.
Begirt (p. p.) of Begird.
Begirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begird.
Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.
Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle.
Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.
Beglerbeg (n.) The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.
Begnawed (p. p.) of Begnaw.
Begnawn () of Begnaw.
Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Begodded (imp. & p. p.) of Begod.
Begod (v. t.) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
Begone (interj.) Go away; depart; get you gone.
Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
Begonia (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.
Begore (v. t.) To besmear with gore.
Begot () imp. & p. p. of Beget.
Begotten () p. p. of Beget. Beget 的動詞過去分詞
Begotten (a.) (Of offspring) Generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child."
Compare: Procreation
Procreation (n.) [Mass noun] 生產；生殖 The production of offspring; reproduction.
‘In general animals copulate purely for the purpose of procreation.’
‘Human procreation.’
Begrave (v. t.) To bury; also, to engrave.
Begrease (v. t.) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
Begrimed (imp. & p. p.) of Begrime.
Begriming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begrime.
Begrime (v. t.) To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.
Begrimer (n.) One who, or that which, begrimes.
Begrudged (imp. & p. p.) of Begrudge.
Begrudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begrudge.
Begrudge (v. t.) 吝惜；嫉妒；羨慕 To grudge; to envy the possession of.
Begrudge (v.) Be envious of; set one's heart on [syn: {envy}, {begrudge}].
Begrudge (v.) Wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: {begrudge}, {resent}] [ant: {wish}, {wish well}].
Beguiled (imp. & p. p.) of Beguile.
Beguiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beguile.
Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. -- Gen. iii. 13.
Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. -- Shak.
Beguile (v. t.) To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. -- W. Irving.
Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain.
Beguile (v.) Influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]
Beguile (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant].
Beguilement (n.) The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.
Beguilement (n.) Magnetic personal charm [syn: bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism].
Beguilement (n.) An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: beguilement, distraction].
Beguiler (n.) One who, or that which, beguiles.
Beguiler (n.) Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker].
Beguiler (n.) A person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) [syn: charmer, beguiler].
Beguiling (a.) Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. -- Be*guil"ing*ly, adv.
Beguiling (a.) Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn: alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting].
Beguiling (a.) Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes."
Beguin (n.) [F.] See Beghard.
Beguinage (n.) [F.] A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.
Beguine (n.) A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.
Beguine (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) A member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life.
Beguine (n.) Music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance.
Beguine (n.) A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba.
Begum (n.) In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. -- Malcom.
Begum (n.) A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
Compare: Begin
Begin (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Began, Begun; p. pr. & vb. n. Beginning.] To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Vast chain of being! which from God began. -- Pope.
Begin (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." -- Dryden.
When I begin, I will also make an end. -- 1 Sam. iii. 12.
Begun () p. p. of Begin.
Behalf (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
In behalf of his mistress's beauty. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. -- Clarendon.
In behalf of, In the interest of.
On behalf of, On account of; on the part of.
Behalf (n.) As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client."
Behalf (n.) For someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf."
Behappen (v. t.) To happen to. [Obs.]
Behaved (imp. & p. p.) of Behave.
Behaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behave.