beseech
11beseech — ► VERB (past and past part. besought or beseeched) chiefly literary ▪ ask (someone) fervently for something. ORIGIN Old English, related to SEEK(Cf. ↑seeker) …
12beseech — [bē sēch′, bisēch′] vt. besought or beseeched, beseeching [ME bisechen < OE besecan; see BE & SEEK] 1. to ask (someone) earnestly; entreat; implore 2. to ask for earnestly; solicit eagerly; beg for SYN. BEG beseechingly adv …
13beseech — v. (formal) (H; no passive) to beseech smb. to show mercy * * * [bɪ siːtʃ] (formal) (H; no passive) to beseech smb. to show mercy …
14beseech — UK [bɪˈsiːtʃ] / US [bɪˈsɪtʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms beseech : present tense I/you/we/they beseech he/she/it beseeches present participle beseeching past tense besought UK [bɪˈsɔːt] / US [bɪˈsɔt] or beseeched past participle besought or… …
15beseech — beseecher, n. beseechingly, adv. beseechingness, n. /bi seech /, v., besought or beseeched, beseeching. v.t. 1. to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once. 2. to beg eagerly for; solicit. v.i. 3. to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I… …
16beseech — 1. verb /bɪˈsiːʧ/ To beg or implore. after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation? See Also: seek 2. noun /bɪˈsiːʧ/ A request. Good madam, hear the sui …
17beseech — [[t]bɪsi͟ːtʃ[/t]] beseeches, beseeching, beseeched VERB If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously. [LITERARY] [V n to inf] She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking... [V with quote] How are we… …
18beseech — verb, literary we beseech your help in permitting us the right to live in a country where human rights are respected Syn: implore, beg, entreat, importune, plead with, appeal to, exhort, call on, supplicate, importune, pray to, ask, request,… …
19beseech — verb ( seeched or besought; seeching) Etymology: Middle English besechen, from be + sechen to seek Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. to beg for urgently or anxiously 2. to request …
20beseech — Synonyms and related words: adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to …
