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beseech
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be·seech  (b-sch)
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.
2. To request earnestly; beg for: beseech help. See Synonyms at beg.

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

be·seecher n.

beseech [bɪˈsiːtʃ]
vb -seeches, -seeching, -sought, -seeched
(tr) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
[see be-, seek; related to Old Frisian besēka]
beseecher  n
beseeching  adj
beseechingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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"

beseech
verb beg, ask, petition, call upon, plead with, solicit, implore, entreat, importune, adjure, supplicate She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.
Translations
beseech [bɪˈsiːtʃ] (besought (pt, pp)) VT to beseech sb to do sthsuplicar a algn que haga algo

beseech [bɪˈsiːtʃ] [besought] [bɪˈsɔːt] (pt, pp) vtimplorer, supplier

beseech pret, ptp <beseeched or (liter) besought> (liter)
vt personanflehen, beschwören; forgivenessflehen um, erflehen (geh)

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

beseech
v beseech [biˈsiːtʃ]
to beg Don't kill him – I beseech you! versoek, smeek يَتَوَسَّل، يَتَضَرَّع умолявам naléhavě prosit bønfalde; trygle anflehen ικετεύω suplicar, implorar anuma التماس کردن anoa supplier לְהַפצִיר, לְהִתחַנֵן अनुनय करना preklinjati könyörög memohon sárbæna supplicare 嘆願する 간청하다 maldauti [] lūgt; lūgties merayu smeken bønnfalle, trygle om błagać 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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