beseech
verb (used with object)
to implore urgently.
has besought
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present perfectof beseech (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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My poor mother!—Your rashness and folly have made her more miserable than you can be.—Yet she has besought my father to grant your request.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Samuel Richardson
He proves his love towards you; he has kept his friendship for you; he has besought you; 'Brother, come let us talk together about our beliefs, and see whose faith is the right one.'
From Pine Needles by Susan Warner
Every Khan with whom I have conversed has besought me to lay his case before the "English Vakil" at Tihran.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
