beseech

beseech
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 beseech, but to no avail.
[bef. 1100; ME bisechen, OE besecan. See BE-, SEEK]
Syn. 1. pray, petition, supplicate, adjure. 1, 2. entreat, importune.

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