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beggar the question

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To beg the question.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1964, Hearings of the Special Subcommittee on Construction of Military Hospital Facilities of the Committee on Armed Services, No. 64, United States Congress, p. 9823. So this could and can be done but, of course, that beggars the question of putting these people on the civilian economy.

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History

Etymology

By alteration of beg the question.