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• beseech — [bē sēch′, bisēch′] vt. besought or beseeched, beseeching [ME bisechen < OE besecan; see BE & SEEK] 1. to ask (someone) earnestly; entreat; implore 2. to ask for earnestly; solicit eagerly; beg for SYN. BEG beseechingly adv …   English World dictionary

• beseech — ► VERB (past and past part. besought or beseeched) chiefly literary ▪ ask (someone) fervently for something. ORIGIN Old English, related to SEEK(Cf. ↑seeker) …   English terms dictionary

• beseech — UK [bɪˈsiːtʃ] / US [bɪˈsɪtʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms beseech : present tense I/you/we/they beseech he/she/it beseeches present participle beseeching past tense besought UK [bɪˈsɔːt] / US [bɪˈsɔt] or beseeched past participle besought or… …   English dictionary

• beseech — [[t]bɪsi͟ːtʃ[/t]] beseeches, beseeching, beseeched VERB If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously. [LITERARY] [V n to inf] She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking... [V with quote] How are we… …   English dictionary

• 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… …   Universalium

• beseech — Synonyms and related words: adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to …   Moby Thesaurus

• beseech — v. a. 1. Entreat, beg, implore, supplicate, petition, conjure, importune, pray to. See adjure. 2. Solicit, ask, entreat, beg, implore, importune, plead for, crave, petition for, pray for, beg for …   New dictionary of synonyms

• beseech — 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 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• beseech — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• beseech — verb ( seeched or besought; seeching) Etymology: Middle English besechen, from be + sechen to seek Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. to beg for urgently or anxiously 2. to request …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• beseech — be|seech [bıˈsi:tʃ] v past tense and past participle besought [ ˈso:t US ˈso:t] or beseeched [T] literary [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: seek] to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something = ↑beg …   Dictionary of contemporary English