verb
- past tense and past participle of beseech; to ask someone urgently and fervently for something; to implore or beg earnestly
Usage: formal or literary
Examples
- She beseeched her parents to let her stay out late.
- The villagers beseeched the king for mercy.
- He beseeched his friend to forgive him for the mistake.
- The defendant beseeched the judge for a lighter sentence.
- They beseeched the authorities to provide emergency aid.
- She beseeched him not to leave her alone.