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BESEECH

\bɪsˈiːt͡ʃ], \bɪsˈiːt‍ʃ], \b_ɪ_s_ˈiː_tʃ]\

Definitions of BESEECH

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Solicitation; supplication.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Solicitation; supplication.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To entreat; implore; beg eagerly for; to ask earnestly.
Beseeching.
Beseechingly.
Besought.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Beseechingly.
To seek or ask from urgently: to implore or entreat:-pr.p. beseeching; pa.t. and pa.p. be sought (be-sawt).

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To entreat; to implore.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To ask with supplicating earnestness; implore; beg; entreat.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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