as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church
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as in prayerful
asking humbly
a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit
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as in pleading
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as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church
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Recent Examples of beseech
Emma Bubola, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Even with white noise and earplugs, the sound was unnerving to Ms. Kullen, who sent beseeching emails to the board and Halstead, the building’s management company.
—David Segal, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
The same beseeching gaze gets complicated by a character like Dre—at once naïve and ruthless, in control yet entirely lost.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
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Verb
Travelers took to social media to complain about the disruption and beseech the airlines for help.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Even with white noise and earplugs, the sound was unnerving to Ms. Kullen, who sent beseeching emails to the board and Halstead, the building’s management company.
—David Segal, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
This case has seen lot of what amounts to table-pounding by the defense, with a constant rat-a-tat-tat of motions, demands for discovery, followed by more beseeching requests.
—Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
The same beseeching gaze gets complicated by a character like Dre—at once naïve and ruthless, in control yet entirely lost.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beseech
Adjective
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The cardinals gather in the Vatican for discussions and prayerful deliberation before entering the conclave, where the voting takes place.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the Catholic Church, the faithful celebrated the sacred Triduum, the period from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, which marks the end of the 40-day prayerful season of Lent. Multilingual Masses and prayer services were held at churches throughout L.A., Orange County and the Inland Empire.—
Allyson Vergara,
Oc Register,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Others combined grand geopolitical theory with narrowly self-interested pleading.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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Finally, a concerted Administration effort to generate public support for dismantling specific anticompetitive regulations that hit Americans hardest in the pocketbook might yield sufficient congressional support to overcome special interest pleadings.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The child was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 4, 2023, the petition says.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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The community fought hard to keep Pepper in her original home and the Change.org petition to keep her in the library had 9,338 signatures as of April 23.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2025
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These farmers and winemakers have often resisted efforts by bigger businesses to absorb their holdings, or entreaties by marketing agencies to simplify their output or conform to popular styles.—
Eric Asimov,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Trump also proved receptive to entreaties from major auto firms about how dramatic the impact of the tariffs with America’s northern and southern neighbors would be to their businesses.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With Zero Trust, businesses must verify every access request before granting entry, ensuring that security remains a top priority at every level of digital interaction.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s plenty of beach to go around in Florida, each with a different appeal.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
21 Apr. 2025
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The remedies in Google's app store case are currently on hold pending appeal, but that problem is not going away.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Beseech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beseech. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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