"beseech" meaning in English

See beseech in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beseech.wav [UK] Forms: beseeched [past], beseeched [past, participle], beseech [canonical], beseeches [third-person, singular], besought [past], besought [past, participle], beseeching [present, participle]
enPR: bĭ-sēchʹ Head templates: {{verb|beseech|es}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|beseech|beseeches|besought|beseeching}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you beseech someone to do something, you beg them to do it.
    Sense id: simple-beseech-en-verb-DYoXKFZb
     
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