beseech

  • 31beseech — v implore, entreat, obsecrate, importune, beg, plead, Brit. Inf. prig; appeal to, conjure, call upon; supplicate, pray, invoke, obtest, adjure; petition, Rare. sue, solicit, ask for, apply for, seek; urge, press, insist, demand …

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  • 32beseech — be·seech …

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  • 33beseech — be•seech [[t]bɪˈsitʃ[/t]] v. sought seeched, seech•ing. 1) to implore urgently: They besought us to go at once[/ex] 2) to beg eagerly for; solicit 3) to make urgent appeal • Etymology: bef. 1100; ME bisechen, OE besēcan. See be , seek be•seech′er …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34beseech — /bəˈsitʃ / (say buh seech), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) (besought or beseeched, beseeching) 1. to implore urgently. 2. to beg eagerly for; solicit. {Middle English biseche(n), from be + sechen, Old English sēcan seek} –beseecher, noun… …

  • 35beseech — To entreat; to emplore …

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  • 36beseech — To entreat; to emplore …

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  • 37beseech — see SEEK …

    Word origins

  • 38beseech — v.tr. (past and past part. besought or beseeched) 1 (foll. by for, or to + infin.) entreat. 2 ask earnestly for. Derivatives: beseeching adj. Etymology: ME f. BE + secan SEEK …

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  • 39Drama (Beseech album) — Drama Studio album by Beseech Released August 3, 2004 …

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  • 40Beseeching — Beseech Be*seech , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore …

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