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| Domain | Definition |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Beg, Beg leave. "I beg to announce the sale of a collection of rare and costly rugs." "I beg to acknowledge your kindness in sending me this handsome present." In each case say "I beg leave to," etc. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Permission | Ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave. |
Request | Verb: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim; (demand); offer up prayers; (worship); whistle for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BEG LEAVE |
| English words defined with "BEG LEAVE": I beg to. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BEG LEAVE": Beg. (references) |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I beg leave to draw your attention to this report, and to the propriety of making early appropriations for the objects which it specifies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "BEG LEAVE": beg leave to. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "BEG LEAVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | van szerencsém önt értesíteni (I beg leave to inform you), engedélyt kér vmire (to beg leave to do sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egbay eavelay solicitar permissão, pedir licença. (various references) cere voie. (various references) просить разрешения. (various references) просити дозволу (ask for permission, beg leave to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-g-l-v" | |
-2 letters: beagle, glebae. | |
-3 letters: abele, aglee, bagel, belga, bevel, eagle, gable, gavel, gelee, gleba, glebe, leave, levee. | |
-4 letters: able, agee, alee, bale, blae, eave, egal, gale, gave, glee, lave, leva, vale, veal, vela. | |
-5 letters: age, alb, ale, ave, bag, bal, bee, beg, bel, eel, eve, gab, gae, gal, gee, gel, lab, lag, lav, lea, lee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-e-g-l-v" | |
+1 letter: vegetable. | |
+2 letters: vegetables. | |
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