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
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Travelers took to social media to complain about the disruption and beseech the airlines for help.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 21 Mar. 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
Eyes abound, actually, staring out from the stars and stripes as if beseeching its audience to bear witness to this unprecedented union.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Travelers took to social media to complain about the disruption and beseech the airlines for help.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 21 Mar. 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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Despite Abe’s pleadings, Trump pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a key part of Tokyo’s plan to contain China.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Others combined grand geopolitical theory with narrowly self-interested pleading.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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However, Weinstein is currently being held at Bellevue Hospital after his team filed an emergency petition with the court last week asking to hold him there, rather than at Rikers, during the trial due to his worsening health.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025
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And in cases where contagious people refuse to comply with entreaties to quarantine, health officials will no longer be able to enlist help from law enforcement.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2025
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This isn’t all an entreaty for Congress and local leaders to do nothing.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
16 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 6 May. 2025.
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