To ask for or supplicate in charity; ask as alms.To ask for earnestly; crave.To ask as a favor; hence, to beseech; entreat or supplicate with humility or earnestness: as, I begged him to use his influence in favor of my friend.Synonyms Ask, Request. Beg, etc. (see ask); to pray (for), conjure, petition (for).To ask alms or charity; practise begging; live by asking alms.In the game of all-fours, to ask of the dealer a concession of one point to be added to one's count.n. Same as bey.