beseech (redirected from beseeched)

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.

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

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be·seecher n.

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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

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beseech - First meant "search for, try to obtain."

See also related terms for try.

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.

Translations

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

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