beseech
to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
to beg eagerly for; solicit.
to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.
Origin of beseech
1Other words for beseech
Other words from beseech
- be·seech·er, noun
- be·seech·ing·ly, adverb
- be·seech·ing·ness, noun
- un·be·seech·ing, adjective
- un·be·seech·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use beseech in a sentence
He was among those beseeching Cain to accept the word of his superiors.
Every hour, the anthem is played, followed by Orthodox priests intoning prayers and beseeching God not to forsake Ukraine.
The stranger swallows their insults, and casts toward the bridegroom a beseeching glance.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerAnd his glance, anxious and beseeching, sought the Nabob, as though to demand his pardon for all these paradoxical impertinences.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetHer voice broke again upon the stillness, with a thrill in it of renewed beseeching.
Country Neighbors | Alice Brown
As censor, instead of beseeching the gods to increase the glory of the State, he begged them to preserve it.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton LewisThen she made her appeal in French, using every beseeching word she knew to get him to return it.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah Reed
British Dictionary definitions for beseech
/ (bɪˈsiːtʃ) /
(tr) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
Origin of beseech
1Derived forms of beseech
- beseecher, noun
- beseeching, adjective
- beseechingly, adverb
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