| beg |
to ask for (food, money, or other necessities) as charity or as a gift. [4 definitions] |
| began |
past tense of begin. |
| beget |
to generate (offspring); cause to begin life, esp. to father. [2 definitions] |
| beggar |
one who begs, esp. as a means of survival. [4 definitions] |
| beggarly |
extremely poor or unkempt; like a beggar. [2 definitions] |
| beggary |
the state of being a beggar; extreme poverty. [3 definitions] |
| begin |
to perform the first step in a process; start. [5 definitions] |
| beginner |
someone just beginning to acquire new knowledge or learn a new skill. |
| beginning |
(sometimes pl.) the first part or origin of a thing or process; start. [2 definitions] |
| begird |
to fasten around; encircle. |
| beg off |
to ask to be exempted from fulfilling an obligation. |
| be going to |
used as an auxiliary verb to express that someone has a plan to do something or that some action or state seems likely based on certain evidence. |
| begone |
go away (usu. used in imperative). |
| begonia |
a tropical plant of which some species are cultivated as houseplants, bearing bright, waxy flowers of various colors and having leaves that are often varicolored or veined. |
| begot |
past tense and a past participle of beget. |
| begotten |
a past participle of beget. |
| begrime |
to soil with or as though with grime; make grimy. |
| begrudge |
to enviously disapprove of the enjoyment or good fortune of (someone). [2 definitions] |
| beg the question |
to assume as true a conclusion to an argument and then present that conclusion as proof. |
| beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. [3 definitions] |
| Beguine |
a member of a lay Roman Catholic sisterhood of the Netherlands, first established in the twelfth century, that allowed women to keep their private property and revoke their vows whenever they wished. |