besought

The shopkeepers stood in front and cried their wares, and besought customers.

Then she knelt on the bloodstained ground, and besought them with tears to lay down their swords.

He recognized her, and ran and caught her and swung her around before him and besought her to keep Mauger and his knife away.

Then Gunnar besought her to be comforted and to show what ailed her, but for a long while he might win no word in answer.