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begg'd

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An abbreviated past form of “begged,” meaning pleaded humbly or earnestly for money, aid, mercy, or another favor.

Detailed Definition
This is an older spelling of “begged,” and in the poem it means to ask for alms. The child says she was sent “Abroad to beg for bread,” making the poverty of the scene explicit.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And she begg’d loud and bold,” preserves an older spelling of begged; Wordsworth’s poor children and rural figures often expose social inequality through direct encounter; “he begg’d a crust beneath the station clock” places the action in a modern urban setting; the apostrophe marks omitted letters or metrical compression rather than a different meaning
Additional Notes
The spelling is archaic, and the begging-for-alms sense is central to the poem’s social complaint.; Found in the poem, The Complaints of the Poor by Robert Southey
Also Known As
implored beseeched entreated
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