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beseech
What does beseech mean?
beseech (verb): ask for or request earnestly.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use beseech in a sentence?
- I do beseech you, hear me through. (Tatoeba sentence #64708 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce beseech?
/biˈsitʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does beseech come from?
From Middle English besechen, bisechen, prefixed form of Old English sēċan (“to seek or inquire about”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “beseech” mean?
to imply, require, or invoke
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ask for or request earnestly
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pursue or chase relentlessly
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make short successive sounds
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