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.

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.

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

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.

beseech

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

See also related terms for try.

beseech

Past participle: beseeched
Gerund: beseeching

Imperative

beseech

beseech

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"

beseech

verb beg, ask, petition, call upon, plead with, solicit, implore, entreat, importune, adjure, supplicate She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.

beseech

verb

To make an earnest or urgent request:

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

Archaic: conjure.

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

beseech

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

beseech

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

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

beseech

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

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