beseech
verb (used with object)
to implore urgently.
beseeched
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past participleof beseech.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof beseech.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
beseechverb (used with object)to implore urgently.
Example Sentences
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Celtic staff beseeched them to clear off but their pleas were ignored.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
He beseeched the U.S. government to dip into the millions of dollars Congress annually allocates to compensate victims of U.S. attacks.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
A woman dressed as a dugong, a rare marine mammal, beseeched passers-by to end the burning of fossil fuels.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
The United Nations, aid groups and Israeli human rights groups have beseeched Israel to allow water and emergency deliveries of fuel to flow into the Gaza Strip.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
Some of the boys, with their new Yoruba names, beseeched these girls by citing Frantz Fanon.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
