BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.
Ambrose BierceENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
Ambrose BierceEVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
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