Bitten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ask verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- beg verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- beseech verb To beg someone urgently and earnestly for something.
- conjure verb To perform tricks that appear to be magic.
- intercede verb To speak or act on someone else's behalf, often to resolve a conflict.
- pray verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.
- supplicate verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- supplication noun The act of asking for something humbly and earnestly, especially in prayer to God; a request made in this way.
Senses
Bitten is used for these senses in English:
- ask (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- beg (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- beseech To beg or request for (something).
- conjure (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
- intercede (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
- pray (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
- supplicate (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
- supplication An act of supplicating; a humble request.
ask — full definition
- verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- verb To request that someone do something, or to request permission.
- verb To invite someone.
- noun A request, or something requested — often used in business or fundraising contexts.
- noun The price a seller is asking for something.
beg — full definition
- verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- verb To plead earnestly with someone, especially to be forgiven or spared.