Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beg or practise begging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb rare To beg.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, intransitive To
beg .
Etymologies
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Latin mendicatus, past participle of mendicare to beg.
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Examples
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Erskine entered the Edinburgh theatre, papers distributed in the boxes to mendicate a round of applause -- the natural reward of a poor player.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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