English Explanatory Dictionary

beseech

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

bĭ-sēchʹ /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beseech.wav

Word forms

beseech beseeches beseeching beseeched besought beseek

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.

Related words

seek

Derived words

beseecher beseechment

Translations

Arabic: تَوَسَّلَ Arabic: اِلْتَمَسَ Armenian: աղերսել Bulgarian: умолявам Bulgarian: прося Catalan: pregar Chinese Mandarin: 哀求 Chinese Mandarin: 懇求 /恳求 Czech: doprošovat se Czech: zapřísahat Czech: prosit Danish: bønfalde Dutch: bezweren Dutch: bidden Dutch: smeken Finnish: rukoilla Finnish: anoa French: prier French: implorer French: supplier Galician: rogar Galician: implorar German: anflehen German: ersuchen German: bitten Greek: ικετεύω Ancient Greek: ἱκετέω Ancient Greek: παρακαλέω Irish: achair Italian: supplicare Italian: implorare Latin: petō Latin: dēprecor Malayalam: യാചിക്കുക Nahuatl: eitloa Norwegian Bokmål: bønnfalle Norwegian Bokmål: trygle Norwegian Bokmål: be Plautdietsch: prachren Polish: błagać Portuguese: rogar Portuguese: implorar Romanian: implora Russian: умоля́ть Serbo-Croatian: preklinjati Slovak: doprosovať sa Spanish: rogar Spanish: implorar Spanish: suplicar Spanish: impetrar Swahili: kuomba Swahili: kusihi Swedish: bönfalla Thai: ขอร้อง Volapük: bekön
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