beseeches

Meaning of beseeches

verb, 3rd person present
  1. ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
    they beseeched him to stay
    ‘You have got to believe me,’ Violet beseeched him
    they earnestly beseeched his forgiveness

Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English sēcan (see seek).

Information about beseeches

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of beseeches

be-seeches

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • beseeches is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

beseeches synonyms

Meaning beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something:

implore

Meaning ask someone earnestly or humbly for something:

beg

Meaning ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something:

entreat

Meaning harass (someone) persistently for or to do something:

importune

Meaning strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:

exhort

Meaning present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause:

petition

Meaning ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly:

supplicate

Meaning urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something:

adjure

Meaning feel a powerful desire for (something):

crave

Meaning a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are superior to others:

prig

Meaning request fervently; beg for:

impetrate

Words that rhyme with beseeches

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