Antonyms for beseech

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bih-seech

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈsitʃ

Definition of beseech

Origin : late 12c., bisecen "to beseech, beg urgently," from be- + Middle English secen "to seek" (see seek). German cognate besuchen is merely "to visit." Related: Besought; beseeching.

verb beg

Example sentences :

And give me cause, I beseech you, to call you my compassionating friend.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Let me beseech you, Madam, to be the guardian of my reputation!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I beg, I beseech, I implore you, help me and show me the man that stole it.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

You will break my heart, deary; comfort yourself, I beseech you.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Try, I beseech you, to let Cléante know about the marriage they have decided upon.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Return me not this with contempt, or torn, or unanswered, I beseech you.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

My dear Martel, I beg you—I beseech you—to pose for the hands and feet of my grandmother!
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Why, then, did he not pray, why did he not beseech her to bring him back to grace?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I beseech you to bear in mind perpetually, that you are to be as helpless as possible.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Permit me, I beseech you, before you go to London to send you forty-eight guineas.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Synonyms for beseech

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