beseeching

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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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

beseeching - begging         imploring, pleading imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

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Translations

beseeching

[bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋ] ADJ [look] → suplicante; [tone] → suplicante, de súplica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beseeching

[bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋ] adj (= imploring) [expression, gesture] → suppliant(e); [tone of voice] → suppliant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beseeching

adj, beseechingly

adv → flehentlich (geh), → flehend

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beseeching

[bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋ] adj → implorante

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