Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bleg
Participle: blegged
Gerund: blegging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bleg |
| you | bleg |
| he;she;it | blegs |
| we | bleg |
| you | bleg |
| they | bleg |
Perfect
| I | have blegged |
| you | have blegged |
| he;she;it | has blegged |
| we | have blegged |
| you | have blegged |
| they | have blegged |
Past
| I | blegged |
| you | blegged |
| he;she;it | blegged |
| we | blegged |
| you | blegged |
| they | blegged |
Pluperfect
| I | had blegged |
| you | had blegged |
| he;she;it | had blegged |
| we | had blegged |
| you | had blegged |
| they | had blegged |
Future
| I | will bleg |
| you | will bleg |
| he;she;it | will bleg |
| we | will bleg |
| you | will bleg |
| they | will bleg |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blegged |
| you | will have blegged |
| he;she;it | will have blegged |
| we | will have blegged |
| you | will have blegged |
| they | will have blegged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bleg |
| you | bleg |
| he;she;it | bleg |
| we | bleg |
| you | bleg |
| they | bleg |
Perfect
| I | have blegged |
| you | have blegged |
| he;she;it | have blegged |
| we | have blegged |
| you | have blegged |
| they | have blegged |
Imperfect
| I | blegged |
| you | blegged |
| he;she;it | blegged |
| we | blegged |
| you | blegged |
| they | blegged |
Pluperfect
| I | had blegged |
| you | had blegged |
| he;she;it | had blegged |
| we | had blegged |
| you | had blegged |
| they | had blegged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bleg |
| you | would bleg |
| he;she;it | would bleg |
| we | would bleg |
| you | would bleg |
| they | would bleg |
Perfect
| I | would have blegged |
| you | would have blegged |
| he;she;it | would have blegged |
| we | would have blegged |
| you | would have blegged |
| they | would have blegged |
Imperative
| you | bleg |
| we | Let's bleg |
| you | bleg |
Verbs conjugated like 'bleg'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bleg'
beg,
blag,
bleb,
blet,
blog,
gleg,
leg,
able,
bag,
bale,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
4. Proto-Germanic *weraz
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
7. Proto-Germanic *alaną
8. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
9. Proto-Germanic *-þiz
10. Proto-Germanic *aldiz
11. Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
12. Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
13. Old English weorold
14. Middle English world
15. English world
16. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
17. Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
18. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
19. Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
20. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
21. Old English wīd
22. English wide
23. English -wide
24. English worldwide
25. Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
26. Proto-Germanic *webaną
27. Proto-Germanic *wabją
28. Old English webb
29. Middle English web
30. English web
31. English World Wide Web
32. English Web
33. Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
34. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
35. Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti
36. Proto-Germanic *ligjaną
37. Old Norse liggjader.?
38. Middle English logge
39. English log
40. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
41. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
42. Proto-Germanic *bōks
43. Proto-West Germanic *bōk
44. Old English bōc
45. Middle English bok
46. English book
47. English logbook
48. English log
49. English weblog
50. English blog
51. English beg
52. blend
53. English bleg
54. Blend of blog + beg. British-born American far-right political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer John Derbyshire claims to have coined the verb in 2002, although earlier usage may have occurred.
Sample Sentences
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That guy will bleg on the most unusual topics.
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The Freakonomics blog posted a "bleg" from "Yale Book of Quotations" editor Fred Shapiro, in which Shapiro blegged for modern proverbs. [2008 May 18, “Strange looks and funny lines from the past week”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution:]
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About ten days ago, I blegged for comments about great conservative novels — NRO readers now have posted more than 200 entries here [hyperlink redacted]. [2009 November 30, John J. Miller, “Novels of the Right, cont.”, in National Review Online:]
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Zimmer had "blegged" (that’s right, begged on his blog) his readers to help him compile a number of book and article titles for inclusion in that list, and they "did not disappoint." [2009 August 7, Curtis Brainard, “It’s Tanking; I’m Teaching…”, in Columbia Journalism Review:]
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Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest. [2010 April 15, Iain Murray, “Chicagoan Voting System!”, in National Review Online:]