- beseech
- verb (T) literary past tense and past participle besought, or beseeched to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Beseech — Основная информация … Википедия
Beseech — Be*seech , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beseech — was the name of a Gothic metal band from Borås, Sweden. The group has disbanded and have actually formed two other bands, TWDSO (also known as Those We Don t Speak Of) and The Mary Major.Members* Erik Molarin vocals * Lotta Höglin vocals * Robert … Wikipedia
Beseech — Pays d’origine Borås, Suede !Suède Genre musical Gothic metal Années d activité … Wikipédia en Français
Beseech — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Gothic Metal Gründung 1992 Auflösung 2006 Website … Deutsch Wikipedia
beseech — (v.) late 12c., bisecen to beseech, beg urgently, from BE (Cf. be ) + M.E. secen to seek (see SEEK (Cf. seek)). German cognate besuchen is merely to visit. Related: Besought; BESEECHING (Cf. beseeching) … Etymology dictionary
Beseech — Be*seech , n. Solicitation; supplication. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beseech — index call (appeal to), exhort, importune, petition, plead (implore), pray, pressure … Law dictionary
beseech — entreat, implore, supplicate, *beg, importune, adjure Analogous words: pray, petition, sue, plead, appeal (see under PRAYER) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
beseech — [v] beg adjure, appeal, ask, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate; concept 48 Ant. give, offer … New thesaurus
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
