Defining Begging

I asked Websters Dictionary for a definition of the word beg. Here's what I came up with:

transitive verb
1: to ask for as a charity
2a : to ask earnestly for : entreat
2b : to require as necessary or appropriate
3: evade, sidestep (see "beg the question" below)

intransitive verb
1: to ask for alms
2: to ask earnestly (begged for mercy)

— beg the question
1: to pass over or ignore a question by assuming it to be established or settled
2: to elicit a question logically as a reaction or response (the quarterback's injury begs the question of who will start in his place)

Synonyms:
adjure, appeal (to), beg, besiege, beseech, call on (or upon), conjure, entreat, implore, importune, impetrate, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate,

Synonym Discussion:

• beg suggests earnestness or insistence especially in asking for a favor (children begging to stay up late)
• entreat implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance (intreated me to change my mind
• beseech and implore imply a deeply felt anxiety (I beseech you to have mercy) (implored her not to leave him)
• supplicate suggests a posture of humility (with bowed heads they supplicated their Lord)
• adjure implies advising as well as pleading (we were adjured to tell the truth)
• importune suggests an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request (importuning viewers for contributions)

The companion post from 2006 - The Inner Dad - is interesting. Our parents, both inner and outer, have such a profound effect on how we "do" and "don't do" life.