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▪ I. beseeching, vbl. n.|bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋ|
[f. as prec.]
1. Earnest entreaty, intercession, supplication.
c1300in Wright Lyric P. xxxiv. 95 Heo mai don us god, thurh hire bysechynge. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxii. 198 At the prayer and besechyng of his lieges. 1872Holland Marb. Proph. 29 With a look of wild beseeching.
2. An earnest request, entreaty, prayer.
a1300E.E. Psalter xvi[i]. 1 Bihald what mi bisekinge es. 1340Ayenb. 98 Þe bezechinge þet he ous made..þet wes þet pater noster. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxii. 251 Continuel besechynges of many noble man. 1659Milton Rupt. Commw. Wks. (1851) 403 By publick Addresses, and brotherly beseechings. 1882W. S. Blunt Sonn. Proteus, Vanitas Van., O glorious sighs, Sublime beseechings.
†b. A plea, petition. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 39 Ualse playneres þet makeþ ualse bezechinges.
▪ II. beˈseeching, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That beseeches; entreating, appealing, suppliant.
1704J. Trapp Abra-Mulé Prol. 3 With beseeching Hands. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 173/1 In an humble and beseeching strain. 1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey xvii. 100 Emmot cast a beseeching look. |