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.

OTHER WORDS FOR beseech

1 entreat, pray, petition, supplicate; adjure.

2 importune.

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Origin of beseech

before 1100; Middle English bisechen,Old English besēcan.See be-, seek

OTHER WORDS FROM beseech

be·seech·er, nounbe·seech·ing·ly, adverbbe·seech·ing·ness, nounun·be·seech·ing, adjective

un·be·seech·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby beseech

Besançon, Besant, bes antler, bescreen, bescribble, beseech, beseem, Beseleel, beset, set in one's ways, be, besetting

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How to use beseech in a sentence

This recognizes how weird we are feeling after a year-plus of isolation and being inside, as it beseeches us to get the hell out of the house.
Ann Dowd Goes From ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Villain Aunt Lydia to ‘Enemy of the People’|Tim Teeman|July 2, 2021|The Daily Beast
On Yom Kippur, Jewish communities fast, confess their sins in the collective “we,” and beseech God for forgiveness.
Israeli High Court Judges Let the Oppressed Go Free at Yom Kippur|Joshua Bloom|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If anyone in the big O's orbit reads these scribblings, I would beseech you people to encouarge the boss to correct this record.
The Worst Thing Obama Has Ever Said|Michael Tomasky|May 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I beseech your Majesty to be pleased to have executed immediately what is most expedient for the royal service in this matter.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
His Last Week|William E. Barton
Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name's sake, and abolish not thy covenant.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Obtain for me, I beseech thee, a happy death, that I may praise and glorify thy might and kindness forever in heaven.
Mary, Help of Christians|Various

British Dictionary definitions for beseech

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, adverb

Word Origin for beseech

C12: see be-, seek; related to Old Frisian besēka

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