beseech
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beseech
pray, petition, beg eagerly for; implore urgently: I beseech you to forgive me.
Not to be confused with:
besiege – to crowd around; beset, pester, harass, hound: The actor was besieged by adoring fans.
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be·seech
(bĭ-sēch′)tr.v. be·sought (-sôt′) or be·seeched, be·seech·ing, be·seech·es
1. To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore: beseech them for help. See Synonyms at beg.
2. To request earnestly; beg for: "She unnerved him by receiving him in bed, bursting into tears, and beseeching his pardon" (Leo Damrosch).
[Middle English bisechen, from Old English besēcan : be-, be- + sēcan, to seek; see seek.]
be·seech′er n.
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beseech
(bɪˈsiːtʃ)vb, -seeches, -seeching, -sought or -seeched
(tr) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
[C12: see be-, seek; related to Old Frisian besēka]
beˈseecher n
beˈseeching adj
beˈseechingly adv
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be•seech
(bɪˈsitʃ)v. -sought -seeched, -seech•ing. v.t.
1. to implore urgently: They besought us to go at once.
2. to beg eagerly for; solicit.
v.i. 3. to make urgent appeal.
[before 1100; Middle English bisechen, Old English besēcan. See be-, seek]
be•seech′er, n.
be•seech′ing•ly, adv.
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beseech
- First meant "search for, try to obtain."See also related terms for try.
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beseech
Past participle: beseeched
Gerund: beseeching
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| Verb | 1. |  beseech - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" |
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beseech
verb beg, ask, petition, call upon, plead with, solicit, implore, entreat, importune, adjure, supplicate She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.
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beseech
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beseech
(biˈsiːtʃ) – past tense, past participles besought (biˈsoːt) , beˈseeched – verbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.