Usually means: Assumes truth of the conclusion.
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  1. beg the question: Merriam-Webster
  2. beg the question: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beg the question: Collins English Dictionary
  4. beg the question: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  8. Beg the Question: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. Beg the Question: The Word Detective
  10. Beg the question: World Wide Words
  11. beg the question: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (beg the question)

verb:  (philosophy, logic, law) To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii).
verb:  To sidestep or fail to address a question.
verb:  (sometimes proscribed) To raise or prompt a question.

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