Beg vs. Plead

Begverb

(intransitive) to request the help of someone, often in the form of money

Begverb

(transitive) to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat

Begverb

(transitive) to assume, in the phrase beg the question

Begverb

(proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase beg the question

Begverb

To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

Begnoun

a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey

Begnoun

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

Begverb

To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.

Begverb

To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.

Begverb

To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.

Begverb

To take for granted; to assume without proof.

Begverb

To ask to be appointed guardiln for, or to aso to havo a guardian appointed for.

Begverb

To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

Begverb

call upon in supplication; entreat;

Begverb

make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;

Begverb

ask to obtain free;

Pleadverb

To present an argument, especially in a legal case.

Pleadverb

To beg, beseech, or implore.

Pleadverb

To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.

Pleadverb

To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.

Pleadverb

To contend; to struggle.

Pleadverb

To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.

Pleadverb

To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.

Pleadverb

To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.

Pleadverb

appeal or request earnestly;

Pleadverb

offer as an excuse or plea;

Pleadverb

enter a plea, as in courts of law;

Pleadverb

make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts