beseech

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To beg or implore

She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.

to implore
{v} to entreat, pray, beg, ask with earnestness
ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
Solicitation; supplication
If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously. She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking `Please stay and read to me, mummy' he beseeched. = beg. to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something = beg (seek)
To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore
{f} entreat, plead, beg, ask earnestly, request
besought
{v} past and past participle of beseech
To beseech
beseek
beseeched
past of beseech
beseeches
third-person singular of beseech
beseeching
Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look
beseeching
A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something. She looked up at him with beseeching eyes. = imploring + beseechingly be·seech·ing·ly Hugh looked at his father beseechingly
beseeching
present participle of beseech
beseeching
begging
beseechingly
in a beseeching manner; "`You must help me,' she said imploringly"
beseechingly
earnestly, entreatingly, imploringly
beseechingly
In a beseeching manner
beseechingly
in a beseeching manner; "`You must help me,' she said imploringly
besought
{f} entreat, plead, beg, ask earnestly, request
besought
the past tense and past participle of beseech
besought
of Beseech
besought
obsolete, past of beseech
beseech
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