beseech
Use Beseech 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.
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World English Dictionary
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| —vb , -seeches, -seeching, -sought, -seeched | |
| (tr) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg | |
| [C12: see | |
| be'seecher | |
| —n | |
| be'seeching | |
| —adj | |
| be'seechingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
beseech
late 12c., bisecen "to beseech, beg urgently," from be- + M.E. secen "to seek" (see seek). Ger. cognate besuchen is merely "to visit."
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Example sentences
We beseech you to give authors back their rights.
With wares kept behind counters, customers had to beseech surly sales clerks just to look at a pair of gloves.
When Maynard wanders through the crowd, fans beseech him for his autograph.
The economy purrs ahead and employers beseech the government not to return the boat people to whence they came.
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