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be·seech Listen to audio/bɪˈsi:/ verb
be·seech·es; be·sought Listen to audio/bɪˈsɑt/ or be·seeched; be·seech·ing
[+ obj] formal + literary : to beg (someone) for something : to ask (someone) in a serious and emotional way to do something
I beseech you, let me live! [=please, don't kill me] Oh, kind and gracious king, we beseech [=implore, entreat] you to set us free!
— beseeching adjective [more beseeching; most beseeching]
She gave the king a beseeching look.
— be·seech·ing·ly adverb

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