BESEECH, BESEECHING
ADJECTIVES
1832 ► IMPLORATORY of beseeching or imploring nature
NOUNS
1606 ► BESEECH beseeching, entreaty, petition → obs.
1635 ► IMPORTUNEMENT a beseeching, earnest solicitation → obs.
VERBS
..825 ► HALSE to beseech, to implore, to entreat; to call upon in the name of something divine or holy
1374 ► IMPETRE to beseech, to entreat, to request, to ask for → obs.
1565 ► IMPETRATE to beseech, to entreat, to request, to ask for
1790 ► BESEEK to beseech → Sc. & Eng. dial.
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