verb
beseech
bih-SEECH/bɪˈsiːtʃ/
To ask someone urgently and earnestly.
With hands clasped urgently, the person beseeches a neighbor for help.
Etymology
The “seek” element connects earnest asking with seeking something from another person, with be- adding force. The compound already meant “entreat” or “beg urgently” in Middle English.
In context
Go you within, and embrace the knees of the son of Peleus: beseech him by his father, his lovely mother, and his son; thus you may move him.
More examples
- She besought the king to spare her brother.
- They beseech us to reconsider the closure.
- He makes a beseeching gesture toward the locked gate.
Forms
beseech · beseeches · besought · beseeched · beseeching