beseech
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From the roots of be- + seek (though not attested until Middle English).
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to beseech (third-person singular simple present beseeches, present participle beseeching, simple past and past participle beseeched (or archaic besought))
- (dated) To beg or implore.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London, Oxford University Press, 1973, § 25:
- after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 61:
- She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London, Oxford University Press, 1973, § 25:
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to beg
