Be*frill" (&?;), v. t. To furnish or deck with a frill.
Be*fringe" (&?;), v. t. To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller.
Be*fud"dle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled (&?;)] To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
Beg (&?;), n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. Bey, Begum.] A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
Beg (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Begging.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. Bid, v. t.); or cf. beghard, beguin.] 1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
I do beg your good will in this case.
Shak.
[Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
Matt. xxvii. 58.
Sometimes implying deferential and respectful, rather than earnest, asking; as, I beg your pardon; I beg leave to disagree with you.