Pronunciation: /bɪˈsiːtʃ/
verb (past and past participle besought /-ˈsɔːt/ or beseeched)
[reporting verb] literary-
ask someone urgently and fervently to do or give something: [with object and infinitive]: they beseeched him to stay [with object and direct speech]: ‘You have got to believe me,’ Violet beseeched him [with object]: they earnestly beseeched his forgiveness
