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covet
English
Etymology
From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas. First used in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?v??t
- IPA(key): /?k?v?t/
- Rhymes: -?v?t
Verb
covet (third-person singular simple present covets, present participle coveting, simple past and past participle coveted)
- (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- covet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- covet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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beg
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /b??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English beggen, assimilation from Old English *becgan, *bedcan, *bedican, syncopated variants of bedecian (“to beg”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bedagô (“petitioner; requestor; beggar”), from *bed?, *bed? (“prayer; request”). Related to North Frisian b?dagi (“to pray”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (bidagwa, “beggar”), Old English biddan (“to ask”). More at bid, bead. See Norwegian Bokmål be (“beg, ask”).
Verb
beg (third-person singular simple present begs, present participle begging, simple past and past participle begged)
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- Synonym: supplicate
- [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
- But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake' [...]
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- Antonym: set aside
- (transitive, law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
- a. 1612, John Harington, Epigrams
- Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
- a. 1612, John Harington, Epigrams
Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- beg the question
- beg to differ
- go begging
- soft begging
Translations
Noun
beg (plural begs)
- The act of begging; an imploring request.
See also
- beggar
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg).
Noun
beg (plural begs)
- A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
beg
- (knitting) Abbreviation of beginning.
- 2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, House of White Birches, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone (page 34)
- Knit with MC until work measures 3 inches from beg.
- 2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, House of White Birches, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone (page 34)
Further reading
- beg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- GBE, GEB, Gbe, Geb, bge
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?x/
- Hyphenation: beg
Noun
beg m (plural begs)
- (historical) Alternative form of bei.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English bag.
Noun
beg (Jawi spelling ???)
- bag
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bec, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small”).
Adjective
beg (plural beggey, comparative loo, superlative sloo)
- small
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (“ruler”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bê?/
Noun
b?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (regional) master, lord
Declension
Derived terms
- bekstvo
- bežanje
- prebeg
References
- “beg” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *b?g?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé?k/
Noun
b??g m inan
- run
- getaway
- escape
- withdrawal
- (phrase) flight
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Turkish bey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé?k/
Noun
b??g m anim
- bey (Turkish governor)
Inflection
Further reading
- “beg”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English beg.
Noun
beg (nominative plural begs)
- request, an action of begging
Declension
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese ? (MC b?æk?).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pe?k?/
- Tone numbers: beg8
- Hyphenation: beg
Adjective
beg (Sawndip form ?, old orthography beg)
- (bound) white
Adverb
beg (Sawndip form ?, old orthography beg)
- in vain; for nothing
- for free; free of charge
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