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besought

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be·sought  (b-sôt)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of beseech.

besought [bɪˈsɔːt]
vb
the past tense and past participle of beseech
Translations
besought beseech


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A WOODCHOPPER, who had dropped his axe into a deep pool, besought Mercury to recover it for him.
"Forgive me," she besought him, "for I am old, and life is gray to friendless girls.
Convinced that I could not be mistaken in my conjecture I instantly sprang from the Carriage I had just entered, and following the Venerable Stranger into the Room he had been shewn to, I threw myself on my knees before him and besought him to acknowledge me as his Grand Child.
 
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