(beg) v. begged, beg·ging v. t.
1. To ask for or solicit in charity.
2. To entreat of; beseech.
—v.i.
3. To ask alms or charity.
4. To entreat humbly.
—to beg off To free or attempt to free oneself (from a duty, engagement, obligation, etc.) by persuasion, excuse, or pleading.
—to beg the question To take for granted the matter in dispute.
—to go begging
1. To fail of acceptance, adoption, or use: The office went begging.
2. To live the life of a beggar. [? <AF begger beg <OF begard mendicant friar. See BEGHARD.]

(beg) noun
A bey.