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BNC: 22521 COCA: 21052

beseech

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
beseech /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ verb
beseeches; besought /bɪˈsɑt/ or beseeched; beseeching
beseech
/bɪˈsiːtʃ/
verb
beseeches; besought /bɪˈsɑt/ or beseeched; beseeching
Learner's definition of BESEECH
[+ object] formal + literary
: to beg (someone) for something : to ask (someone) in a serious and emotional way to do something恳求;哀求;乞求

— beseeching

adjective [more beseeching; most beseeching]

— beseechingly

adverb
BNC: 22521 COCA: 21052

beseech

verb

be·​seech bi-ˈsēch How to pronounce beseech (audio)
bē-
beseeched or besought bi-ˈsȯt How to pronounce beseech (audio)
bē-
; beseeching

transitive verb

1
: to beg for urgently or anxiously
beseeched him to write while he was away R. W. Hatch
2
: to request earnestly : implore
besought their protection

intransitive verb

: to make supplication
Choose the Right Synonym for beseech

beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask urgently.

beg suggests earnestness or insistence in the asking.

they begged for help

entreat implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance.

entreated me to join them

beseech and implore imply a deeply felt anxiety.

I beseech you to have mercy
implored her not to leave him

supplicate suggests a posture of humility.

with bowed heads they supplicated their Lord

adjure implies advising as well as pleading.

we were adjured to tell the truth

importune suggests an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request.

importuning viewers for contributions

Example Sentences

parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English besechen, from be- + sechen to seek

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of beseech was in the 12th century
BNC: 22521 COCA: 21052

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