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be·seech
 beseech
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- pronunciation:
- b
sich
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
beseeches, beseeching, beseeched, besought |
| definition 1: |
to request urgently; implore.
I beseech your help.- synonyms:
- entreat, implore, invoke, pray
- similar words:
- ask, beg, crave, importune, petition, request, seek, solicit, supplicate
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| definition 2: |
to address (someone) with an urgent request.
Help me, I beseech you!He beseeched his daughter to stay where she was and not try to drive home in the storm.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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The boy's mother beseeched him not to enlist.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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- synonyms:
- adjure, beg, entreat, implore
- similar words:
- address, ask, petition, request, supplicate
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| related words: |
cry, pray, urge |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to make an urgent request or appeal.
- synonyms:
- appeal, entreat, implore, plead, sue
- similar words:
- ask, beg, demand, importune, petition, press, supplicate
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| related words: |
appeal, pray, wish |
adverb + (v.)beseech
either, humbly, once, partly, please, recently, repeatedly, silently, where, why
(v.)beseech
+ noun
aid,
air,
ancestor,
blessing,
brother,
business,
community,
country,
demon,
district,
doctor,
eye,
father,
friend,
god,
hand,
heaven,
help,
hour,
king,
leader,
legislator,
letter,
line,
man,
mercy,
mother,
name,
night,
offering,
official,
others,
owner,
palm,
prayer,
rain,
rate,
soldier,
son,
song,
speech,
spirit,
state,
tone,
voice,
woman
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| derivations: |
beseechingly (adv.), beseecher (n.) |
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