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Beseeching

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be⋅seech

  [bi-seech] verb, -sought or -seeched, -seech⋅ing.
Use Beseeching in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
2. to beg eagerly for; solicit.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME bisechen, OE besēcan. See be-, seek

Related forms:
be⋅seech⋅er, noun
be⋅seech⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
be⋅seech⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. pray, petition, supplicate, adjure. 1, 2. entreat, importune.
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be·seech   (bĭ-sēch')   
tr.v.   be·sought (-sôt') or be·seeched, be·seech·ing, be·seech·es

  1. To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore: beseech them for help.

  2. To request earnestly; beg for: beseech help. See Synonyms at beg.


[Middle English bisechen, from Old English besēcan : be-, be- + sēcan, to seek; see seek.]
be·seech'er n.
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Word Origin & History

beseech 
c.1175, bisecen "to beseech, beg urgently," from be- + M.E. secen "to seek" (see seek).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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