beseech
[ bih-seech ]
/ bɪˈsitʃ /
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verb (used with object), be·sought or be·seeched, be·seech·ing.
to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
to beg eagerly for; solicit.
verb (used without object), be·sought or be·seeched, be·seech·ing.
to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.
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Besançon, Besant, bes antler, bescreen, bescribble, beseech, beseem, Beseleel, beset, set in one's ways, be, besetting
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beseech
/ (bɪˈsiːtʃ) /
verb -seeches, -seeching, -sought or -seeched
(tr) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
Derived forms of beseech
beseecher, nounbeseeching, adjectivebeseechingly, adverbWord Origin for beseech
C12: see be-, seek; related to Old Frisian besēka
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