verb
- to ask someone earnestly or desperately for something
Usage: formal
Examples
- She beseeched him to reconsider his decision.
- The villagers beseeched the king for mercy.
- I beseech you to listen to my plea.
- The defendant beseeched the judge for leniency.
- They beseeched their parents to let them stay out late.
- The refugees beseeched the officials for safe passage.