Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete variant of
beseech .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To beseech.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland To
beseech ;entreat .
Etymologies
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From Middle English beseken, equivalent to be- + seek. Cognate with Scots beseik ("to beseek"). More at beseech.
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Examples
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And therefore beseek thou only God, and He will help thee in all thy needs.
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And therefore beseek thou only God, and he will help thee in all thy needs.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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And therefore beseek thou only God, and he will help thee in all thy needs.
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Good Captain Peesel, be quiet; 'tis very late, i 'faith: I beseek you now, aggravate your choler.
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And therefore beseek thou only God, and He will help thee in all thy needs.
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Good Captain Peesel, be quiet; ’tis very late, i’ faith: I beseek you now, aggravate your choler.
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