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be·seech    Audio Help   [bi-seech] Pronunciation Key verb, -sought or -seeched, -seech·ing.
–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 besécan. 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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