beg (n.)
beg (v.)
- adjure
- appeal
- ask
- bear
- beget
- beseech
- besiege
- brace
- breed
- bum
- cadge
- circumvent
- conjure
- crave
- demand
- ditch
- double
- elude
- entreat
- escape
- evade
- generate
- get
- hit
- implore
- importune
- imprecate
- invoke
- mooch
- multiply
- nag
- panhandle
- petition
- plead
- pray
- press
- procreate
- produce
- propagate
- reproduce
- request
- scrounge
- shake
- sire
- skirt
- solicit
- sue
- supplicate
- touch
- worry
Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report sometimes he did "go from door to door and sing ballads, with a company of boys about him."
It is a very good world to live in,
To lend, or to spend, or to give in;
But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own,
It is the very worst world that ever was known.
Some have too much, yet still do crave;
I little have, and seek no more:
They are but poor, though much they have,
And I am rich with little store:
They poor, I rich; they beg, I give;
They lack, I have; they pine, I live.
