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beseech

Pronunciation: /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/

The English word “beseech” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To beg or implore something of (a person).
  2. To beg or request for (something).

noun

  1. A request.

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.

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