beseech
verb (used with object)
to implore urgently.
have besought
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present perfectof beseech.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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So far, 24 Governors, along with dozens of city officials and local business groups, have besought GM to award them the plant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recently I have besought him to consider how mortally embarrassed he would be if we were to be unexpectedly visited by the President.
From Time Magazine Archive
At length he appears to have besought his ghostly attendant to free him of his presence.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Ernest Rhys
God, whom I have now been enabled to make my refuge, and my only refuge, for more than twenty years, I have besought day by day.
From The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller by H. L. (Heman Lincoln) Wayland
He besought the rioters to disperse, but he might as well have besought the waves breaking on Nastasket Beach to disperse.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké
