beseech

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).

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[Middle English bisechen, from Old English besēcan : be-, be- + sēcan, to seek; see seek.]

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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

Imperative

beseech

beseech

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

beseech - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" adjure, entreat, conjure, bid, press 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

verb

To make an earnest or urgent request:

appeal, beg, crave, entreat, implore, plead, pray, sue, supplicate.

Archaic: conjure.

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Translations

يَتَوَسَّل، يَتَضَرَّع

просяумолявам

naléhavě prosit

bønfaldetrygle

anflehen

implorersollicitersupplier

sárbæna

supplicare

ļoti lūgtlūgtlūgties

trygle om

rogar

naliehavo prosiť

yalvarmak

恳求

beseech

[bɪˈsiːtʃ] (besought (pt, pp)) VT to beseech sb to do sth → suplicar a algn que haga algo

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beseech

[bɪˈsiːtʃ] [besought] [bɪˈsɔːt] (pt, pp) vt → implorer, supplier

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beseech

pret, ptp <beseeched or (liter) besought> (liter)

vt person → anflehen, beschwören; forgiveness → flehen um, erflehen (geh)

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beseech

[bɪˈsiːtʃ] (besought (pt, pp)) vt (liter) → implorare

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beseech

(biˈsiːtʃ) – past tense, past participles besought (biˈsoːt) , beˈseeched – verb

to beg. Don't kill him – I beseech you! versoek, smeek يَتَوَسَّل، يَتَضَرَّع умолявам implorar naléhavě prosit anflehen bønfalde; trygle ικετεύωsuplicar, implorar anuma التماس کردن anoa supplier לְהַפצִיר, לְהִתחַנֵן अनुनय करना preklinjati könyörög memohon sárbæna supplicare 嘆願する 간청하다 maldauti [] lūgt; lūgties merayu smekenbønnfalle, trygle ombłagać rogar a implora умолять naliehavo prosiť rotiti preklinjati bönfalla อ้อนวอน yalvarmak 懇求 благати منت سماجت کرنا cầu xin 恳求

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