beseech
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English besechen, bisechen, prefixed form of Old English sēċan (“to seek or inquire about”); compare the doublet beseek, from the same dialect that gave seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besäike (“to visit”), Dutch bezoeken (“to visit, attend, see”), German besuchen (“to visit, attend, see”), Swedish besöka (“to visit, go to see”). By surface analysis, be- + seech.
Inflected forms:
form: beseeches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beseeching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: beseeched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: beseeched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: besought
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: besought
pos: verb
tags: past
form: beseek
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To beg or implore something of (a person).
pos: verb
tags: formal
transitive
examples: Moost noble crysten Quene I byseche yow as ye haue ben euer my specyal good lady and I at al tymes your true poure knyghte vnto my power and as I neuer fayled yow in ryghte nor in wrong sythen the fyrst day kynge Arthur made me knyghte that ye wylle praye for my soule yf that I here be slayne;
"Most noble Christian queen, I beseech you as ye have been ever my special good lady, and I at all times your true poor knight unto my power, and as I never failed you in right nor in wrong sithen the first day King Arthur made me knight, that ye will pray for my soul if that I here be slain;"
[W]e beſche thee, leaue vs not comfortles, but ſende to vs thine holy ghoſt to comfort vs, and exalte vs vnto thy ſame place, whither our ſauiour Chriſte is gone before: […]
I flung myself before him on my knees, and with floods of tears besought him to release me from this engagement, assuring him that my cowardice was abject, and that in every point of intellect and character I was his hopeless and derisible inferior.
after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?
She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.
Panting a little in his haste, he told her how miserable he was; he besought her to have mercy on him; he promised, if she would forgive him, to do everything she wanted.
[King Knight defeats the Troupple King.] / Troupple Acolyte: 'HALT! I BESEECH THEE! PLEASE, NO MORE!'
gloss: To beg or request for (something).
pos: verb
tags: formal
transitive
examples: [T]he tickets had all been given out, begged, besought long ago.
Related words: seek
Derived words: beseecher
beseechment
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَوَسَّلَ
roman: tawassala
lang: Arabic
word: اِلْتَمَسَ
roman: iltamasa
lang: Armenian
word: աղերսել
roman: aġersel
lang: Bulgarian
word: умолявам
roman: umoljavam
lang: Bulgarian
word: прося
roman: prosja
lang: Catalan
word: pregar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 哀求
roman: āiqiú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 懇求 /恳求
roman: kěnqiú
lang: Czech
word: doprošovat se
lang: Czech
word: zapřísahat
lang: Czech
word: prosit
lang: Danish
word: bønfalde
lang: Dutch
word: bezweren
lang: Dutch
word: bidden
lang: Dutch
word: smeken
lang: Finnish
word: rukoilla
lang: Finnish
word: anoa
lang: French
word: prier
lang: French
word: implorer
lang: French
word: supplier
lang: Galician
word: rogar
lang: Galician
word: implorar
lang: German
word: anflehen
lang: German
word: ersuchen
lang: German
word: bitten
lang: Greek
word: ικετεύω
roman: iketévo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἱκετέω
roman: hiketéō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρακαλέω
roman: parakaléō
lang: Irish
word: achair
lang: Italian
word: supplicare
lang: Italian
word: implorare
lang: Latin
word: petō
lang: Latin
word: dēprecor
lang: Malayalam
word: യാചിക്കുക
roman: yācikkuka
lang: Nahuatl
word: eitloa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bønnfalle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: trygle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: be
lang: Plautdietsch
word: prachren
lang: Polish
word: błagać
lang: Portuguese
word: rogar
lang: Portuguese
word: implorar
lang: Romanian
word: implora
lang: Russian
word: умоля́ть
roman: umoljátʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: preklinjati
lang: Slovak
word: doprosovať sa
lang: Spanish
word: rogar
lang: Spanish
word: implorar
lang: Spanish
word: suplicar
lang: Spanish
word: impetrar
lang: Swahili
word: kuomba
lang: Swahili
word: kusihi
lang: Swedish
word: bönfalla
lang: Thai
word: ขอร้อง
roman: kɔ̌ɔ-rɔ́ɔng
lang: Volapük
word: bekön