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Word: Beseech
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English sēcan (see seek)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bɪˈsiːtʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat
Short Definition:ask someone fervently to do or give something
Examples:- they beseeched him to stay
- ‘You have got to believe me,’ Violet beseeched him
- they earnestly beseeched his forgiveness
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