beseech

beseech

pray, petition, beg eagerly for; implore urgently: I beseech you to forgive me.
Not to be confused with:besiege – to crowd around; beset, pester, harass, hound: The actor was besieged by adoring fans.

be·seech

B0208000 (bĭ-sēch′)tr.v. be·sought (-sôt′) or be·seeched, be·seech·ing, be·seech·es 1. To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore: beseech them for help. See Synonyms at beg.2. To request earnestly; beg for: "She unnerved him by receiving him in bed, bursting into tears, and beseeching his pardon" (Leo Damrosch).

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[Middle English bisechen, from Old English besēcan : be-, be- + sēcan, to seek; see seek.]

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be·seech′er n.

beseech

(bɪˈsiːtʃ) vb, -seeches, -seeching, -sought or -seeched (tr) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg[C12: see be-, seek; related to Old Frisian besēka] beˈseecher n beˈseeching adj beˈseechingly adv

be•seech

(bɪˈsitʃ)

v. -sought -seeched, -seech•ing. v.t. 1. to implore urgently: They besought us to go at once. 2. to beg eagerly for; solicit. v.i. 3. to make urgent appeal. [before 1100; Middle English bisechen, Old English besēcan. See be-, seek] be•seech′er, n. be•seech′ing•ly, adv.

beseech

- First meant "search for, try to obtain."See also related terms for try.

beseech

Past participle: beseeched
Gerund: beseeching

Imperative
beseech
beseech

Present
I beseech
you beseech
he/she/it beseeches
we beseech
you beseech
they beseech

Preterite
I beseeched
you beseeched
he/she/it beseeched
we beseeched
you beseeched
they beseeched

Present Continuous
I am beseeching
you are beseeching
he/she/it is beseeching
we are beseeching
you are beseeching
they are beseeching

Present Perfect
I have beseeched
you have beseeched
he/she/it has beseeched
we have beseeched
you have beseeched
they have beseeched

Past Continuous
I was beseeching
you were beseeching
he/she/it was beseeching
we were beseeching
you were beseeching
they were beseeching

Past Perfect
I had beseeched
you had beseeched
he/she/it had beseeched
we had beseeched
you had beseeched
they had beseeched

Future
I will beseech
you will beseech
he/she/it will beseech
we will beseech
you will beseech
they will beseech

Future Perfect
I will have beseeched
you will have beseeched
he/she/it will have beseeched
we will have beseeched
you will have beseeched
they will have beseeched

Future Continuous
I will be beseeching
you will be beseeching
he/she/it will be beseeching
we will be beseeching
you will be beseeching
they will be beseeching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beseeching
you have been beseeching
he/she/it has been beseeching
we have been beseeching
you have been beseeching
they have been beseeching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beseeching
you will have been beseeching
he/she/it will have been beseeching
we will have been beseeching
you will have been beseeching
they will have been beseeching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beseeching
you had been beseeching
he/she/it had been beseeching
we had been beseeching
you had been beseeching
they had been beseeching

Conditional
I would beseech
you would beseech
he/she/it would beseech
we would beseech
you would beseech
they would beseech

Past Conditional
I would have beseeched
you would have beseeched
he/she/it would have beseeched
we would have beseeched
you would have beseeched
they would have beseeched

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

beseech - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"adjure, entreat, conjure, bid, pressplead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"

beseech

verb beg, ask, petition, call upon, plead with, solicit, implore, entreat, importune, adjure, supplicate She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.

beseech

verbTo make an earnest or urgent request:appeal, beg, crave, entreat, implore, plead, pray, sue, supplicate.Archaic: conjure.

Translations

恳求

beseech

(biˈsiːtʃ) – past tense, past participles besought (biˈsoːt) , beˈseeched – verb to beg. Don't kill him – I beseech you! 懇求 恳求