beseechv.

/bɪˈsiːtʃ/

Forms: Past tense and past participle besought

/bɪˈsɔːt/. Forms: infinitive Middle English bisec-en, Middle English bisechen, bysech-e(n, Middle English–1500s beseche (Middle English besecchen, Middle English bezeche, bicheche, Middle English bysuche), 1500s–1600s beseeche, 1500s– beseech. Also northern and north midlandsMiddle English biseke, Middle English be-, by-, (Middle English bezeke, Middle English besike, beseyk, Middle English–1500s Scottish beseik, 1500s bezeik), 1500s–1600s beseek(e. past tense Middle English bisohte, Middle English bisoȝte, bisouhte, bisouȝte, Middle English bisought, bysought, bysowght, besoght, Middle English besougt, Middle English–1500s besoughte, Middle English–1800s Scottish besocht, 1500s– besought; also 1500s– beseeched (now regarded as incorrect).

Etymology: < bi-, be- prefix 2 + Middle English secen, sechen, seken to seek v. In contrast to the simple verb, in which the northern seek has displaced the southern seech, in the compound beseech has become the standard form.

†1.

a. transitive. To seek after, search for, try to get. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]

seekc888

aseekc1000

i-secheOE

huntc1175

to seek afterc1175

beseechc1200

fand?c1225

ofseche?c1225

to seek forc1250

atseekc1275

furiec1290

forseeka1300

outseekc1300

upseekc1315

to look after ——c1330

wait1340

laita1350

searchc1350

pursuea1382

ensearchc1384

to feel and findc1384

inseekc1384

looka1398

fraist?a1400

umseeka1400

require?c1400

walec1400

to look up1468

prowla1475

to see for ——c1485

to look for ——a1492

to have in the wind1540

sue1548

vent?1575

seek1616

explore1618

dacker1634

research1650

to see out for1683

quest1752

to see after ——1776

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 121 Ure drihten..lokede gif here ani understoden oðer bi-sohten him.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. 159 Þilk clernesse þat nis nat approched no raþer or þat men by-seken it.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5357 Mi broþer esau me bi-soght [Vesp. soght, Trin. Cambr. bisouȝt, Fairf. be-soȝt] To dyserit me, if þat he moght.

†b. To seek to know. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > feel curious about [verb (transitive)]

wonder1297

beseecha1325

marvela1393

studyc1400

mire1582

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3236 He bi-sogte godes wil.

a. To beg earnestly for, entreat (a thing).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)]

yearnOE

bid971

seek971

askOE

beseechc1175

banc1275

yerec1275

cravec1300

desirec1330

impetrec1374

praya1382

nurnc1400

pleadc1400

require1400

fraynec1430

proke1440

requisitea1475

wishc1515

supply1546

request1549

implore?c1550

to speak for ——1560

entreat1565

impetratec1565

obtest?1577

solicit1595

invoke1617

mendicate1618

petition1621

imprecate1636

conjurea1704

speer1724

canvass1768

kick1792

I will thank you to do so-and-so1813

quest1897

to hit a person up for1917

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Euric neodi ðe heo biseceð.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 157 Ech nedi þe hit bisekeð.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1745 Nu ich mot bi-secchen [c1300 Otho bi-seche] þat þing þat ich ær for-howede.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 167 Myldeliche with mouthe mercy he by-souhte.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxix. 12138 Þis holly with hert here I beseke!

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 171 I beseech your worshippes name.

1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good iii. iii. 102 Ô I beseeke Thy attention to this Reuerend sub-Prior.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 75 It hath still beene more and more propounded, desir'd, and beseech't.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) ii. 19 His majesty..beseeched permission to rest for a moment.

1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. iii. 105 I besought leave to pat him [sc. a dog].

b. with subordinate clause or infinitive as object.

ΚΠ

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8506 Faire he þe bisecheð [c1300 Otho bi-secheþ] þat þu him to buȝe.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 375 Þay..dymly bisoȝten, þat þat penaunce plesed him.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. ii. 232 I..beseke that hyt may be enteryned and kepte to me.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 97 Both which besought to be baptized.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 236 They beseech That Moses might report to them his will.

†c. Const. of (a person). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a thing of a person

askOE

beseech?a1400

supplicate1625

?a1400 Morte Arth. 305 [He] of hyme besekys To ansuere þe alyenes wyth austerene wordes.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xliv. 7 And to be yong againe of Joue [he would] beseke.

a. To supplicate, entreat, implore (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore

beseechc1175

ofsechec1300

praya1350

praya1387

supply?c1400

treatc1450

entreatc1475

solicitate1563

bepray1598

exore1598

exorate1599

implorea1616

deprecate1624

beg1675

implead1682

fleech1718

impetrate1881

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 23 He hine wile biseche mid gode heorte.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1258 Lette me nouȝt lese þe liif ȝut lord, y þe bi-cheche.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15807 If i mi fader wald be-seke, I moght..Haf tuelue thusand legions.

c1460 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 253 Leue lord I þee by-seke.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 158 I beseeke you now aggrauate your choller.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxxiii. 18 I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 98 Mistris, I beseech you Confirme his welcome.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 187 Tell me, I beseech you, what that noble study is?

†b. a person a thing. (Perhaps the person was originally a dative.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person a thing

askOE

beseechc1275

desire1523

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10750 Iþencheð what Arður..at Baðen us bi-sohte.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3600 For to bi-seken god merci.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 98 Yef we hym bezechiþ þing þet ous is guod.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 197 I beseech you a word.

c. a person that, etc.

ΚΠ

a1240 Ureisun 161 in Lamb. Hom. 199 Ich þe bi-seche..þet þu þine blescinge..ȝiue me.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋270 I biseke yow..that ye wol nat wilfully replie agayn my resouns.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 317 Scho..thaim besocht..scho mycht thin with him fayr.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 62 I beseech your Grace, that I may knowe The worst.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 40 I beseche God that I may be an example to you all.

1742 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote i. ii. x Beseeching God..that he would be pleased to give him the victory.

d. a person to do a thing.

ΚΠ

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxi. 8452 Ho..besechis the souerain..Hir lord for to let.

1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Morninge Prayer sig. .i^v I praye and beseche you..to accompanye me.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 3 Beseeking your grace to accep my mint, and pardon my miss.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 78 Be..beseeched, not to slight good ministers.

1709 Tatler No. 42. ⁋2 A Poor Man once a Judge besought, To judge aright his Cause.

1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 183 I beseeched him..to remain quiet.

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vii. 97 He besought the King to refuse his consent.

†e. a person of a thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person of a thing

beseechc1386

c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Lansd. MS.) 60 We beseke ȝowe of socoure and of mercye.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3258 Þus he bisoght god of his grace.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. l. 51 Of baptesme I the beseke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 216 I humbly doe beseech you of your pardon.

f. a person for a thing.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20655 And þat þou wil bisek [Fairf. be-seke, Trin. Cambr. biseche] me fore..It sal be als tu it wille.

c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 126 All samme for þe same we beseke ȝou.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. i. 60 She humbly did beseech him for our bane.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1876) 539 The wretch..besought him for mercy.

a. intransitive. To make supplication or earnest request; to ask. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore

beseech?c1225

praya1250

plead1340

pursuec1390

implore?a1513

perplead1581

entreat1593

beg1598

oratec1600

contest1607

deprecate1626

imprecatea1645

obtest1650

prig1700

special-plead1814

plea1868

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 169 Þe deouel..bisochten & seiden..mittite nos inporcos.

a1300 E.E. Psalter lxiii[iv]. 1 Here, God, mi bede, when I biseke swa.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 194 Hit behoueþ ham bidde and bezeche beuore er hi wylleþ aȝt do.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 1 Vndirnyme thou, biseche thou, and blame thou, in al pacience and doctrine.

1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. K.iij^v That he preachyng thy woorde, maie..bee earnest to reproue, beseche, and rebuke.

1806 R. Fellowes tr. J. Milton Second Def. in C. Symmons Prose Wks. John Milton VI. 367 Well, I beseech, who are you?

b. Const. to or unto a person (obsolete); of (obsolete) or for a thing.

ΚΠ

a1300 E.E. Psalter xxix. [xxx.] 9 To þe..crie I sal, And to mi God biseke.

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 158 To Ihesus scho bisouht.

1377–99 in Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) III. 90 The comune of youre lond bysechyn vnto youre riȝt riȝtwesnesse.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 172 The Grekes to hem beseke.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 298 I prayed, and with teares besought for an end of our contestations.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. v. 48 We now besought for food.

†5. To bring (a person) into (a certain state of mind) by entreaty. Obsolete. (Cf. to argue into at argue v. 9.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > by entreaty

foldc1275

entreatc1425

overtreata1547

over-entreat1627

request1632

beseecha1718

a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 173 I rather chuse to beseech People into that Commendable Disposition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beseech
释义	† beseechn. Etymology: < beseech v. Obsolete. rare. Beseeching, entreaty, petition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty halsingc825 bisocnea1250 beseechinga1300 scritha1325 adjurementa1382 obsecrationa1382 supplication1417 jurationc1425 treatyc1450 treatise1470 entreatya1530 obtestation1531 entreat1532 greetc1540 entreature?1548 supplicamusa1580 treat1601 beseech1609 instant1610 impetration1618 solicit1639 entreatment1825 plea1925 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 289 Atchiuement is command; vngaind beseech . View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. iii. sig. H1 The suit that Edith urges, With such submisse beseeches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). beseechv. /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ Forms: Past tense and past participle besought /bɪˈsɔːt/. Forms: infinitive Middle English bisec-en, Middle English bisechen, bysech-e(n, Middle English–1500s beseche (Middle English besecchen, Middle English bezeche, bicheche, Middle English bysuche), 1500s–1600s beseeche, 1500s– beseech. Also northern and north midlandsMiddle English biseke, Middle English be-, by-, (Middle English bezeke, Middle English besike, beseyk, Middle English–1500s Scottish beseik, 1500s bezeik), 1500s–1600s beseek(e. past tense Middle English bisohte, Middle English bisoȝte, bisouhte, bisouȝte, Middle English bisought, bysought, bysowght, besoght, Middle English besougt, Middle English–1500s besoughte, Middle English–1800s Scottish besocht, 1500s– besought; also 1500s– beseeched (now regarded as incorrect). Etymology: < bi-, be- prefix 2 + Middle English secen, sechen, seken to seek v. In contrast to the simple verb, in which the northern seek has displaced the southern seech, in the compound beseech has become the standard form. †1. a. transitive. To seek after, search for, try to get. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 121 Ure drihten..lokede gif here ani understoden oðer bi-sohten him. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. 159 Þilk clernesse þat nis nat approched no raþer or þat men by-seken it. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5357 Mi broþer esau me bi-soght [Vesp. soght, Trin. Cambr. bisouȝt, Fairf. be-soȝt] To dyserit me, if þat he moght. †b. To seek to know. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > feel curious about [verb (transitive)] wonder1297 beseecha1325 marvela1393 studyc1400 mire1582 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3236 He bi-sogte godes wil. 2. a. To beg earnestly for, entreat (a thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Euric neodi ðe heo biseceð. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 157 Ech nedi þe hit bisekeð. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1745 Nu ich mot bi-secchen [c1300 Otho bi-seche] þat þing þat ich ær for-howede. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 167 Myldeliche with mouthe mercy he by-souhte. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxix. 12138 Þis holly with hert here I beseke! 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 171 I beseech your worshippes name. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good iii. iii. 102 Ô I beseeke Thy attention to this Reuerend sub-Prior. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 75 It hath still beene more and more propounded, desir'd, and beseech't. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) ii. 19 His majesty..beseeched permission to rest for a moment. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. iii. 105 I besought leave to pat him [sc. a dog]. b. with subordinate clause or infinitive as object. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8506 Faire he þe bisecheð [c1300 Otho bi-secheþ] þat þu him to buȝe. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 375 Þay..dymly bisoȝten, þat þat penaunce plesed him. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. ii. 232 I..beseke that hyt may be enteryned and kepte to me. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 97 Both which besought to be baptized. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 236 They beseech That Moses might report to them his will. View more context for this quotation †c. Const. of (a person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a thing of a person askOE beseech?a1400 supplicate1625 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 305 [He] of hyme besekys To ansuere þe alyenes wyth austerene wordes. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xliv. 7 And to be yong againe of Joue [he would] beseke. 3. a. To supplicate, entreat, implore (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore beseechc1175 ofsechec1300 praya1350 praya1387 supply?c1400 treatc1450 entreatc1475 solicitate1563 bepray1598 exore1598 exorate1599 implorea1616 deprecate1624 beg1675 implead1682 fleech1718 impetrate1881 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 23 He hine wile biseche mid gode heorte. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1258 Lette me nouȝt lese þe liif ȝut lord, y þe bi-cheche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15807 If i mi fader wald be-seke, I moght..Haf tuelue thusand legions. c1460 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 253 Leue lord I þee by-seke. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 158 I beseeke you now aggrauate your choller. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxxiii. 18 I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 98 Mistris, I beseech you Confirme his welcome. View more context for this quotation 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 187 Tell me, I beseech you, what that noble study is? †b. a person a thing. (Perhaps the person was originally a dative.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person a thing askOE beseechc1275 desire1523 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10750 Iþencheð what Arður..at Baðen us bi-sohte. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3600 For to bi-seken god merci. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 98 Yef we hym bezechiþ þing þet ous is guod. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 197 I beseech you a word. View more context for this quotation c. a person that, etc. ΚΠ a1240 Ureisun 161 in Lamb. Hom. 199 Ich þe bi-seche..þet þu þine blescinge..ȝiue me. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋270 I biseke yow..that ye wol nat wilfully replie agayn my resouns. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 317 Scho..thaim besocht..scho mycht thin with him fayr. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 62 I beseech your Grace, that I may knowe The worst. View more context for this quotation c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 40 I beseche God that I may be an example to you all. 1742 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote i. ii. x Beseeching God..that he would be pleased to give him the victory. d. a person to do a thing. ΚΠ c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxi. 8452 Ho..besechis the souerain..Hir lord for to let. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Morninge Prayer sig. .i^v I praye and beseche you..to accompanye me. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 3 Beseeking your grace to accep my mint, and pardon my miss. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 78 Be..beseeched, not to slight good ministers. 1709 Tatler No. 42. ⁋2 A Poor Man once a Judge besought, To judge aright his Cause. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 183 I beseeched him..to remain quiet. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vii. 97 He besought the King to refuse his consent. †e. a person of a thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person of a thing beseechc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Lansd. MS.) 60 We beseke ȝowe of socoure and of mercye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3258 Þus he bisoght god of his grace. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. l. 51 Of baptesme I the beseke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 216 I humbly doe beseech you of your pardon. View more context for this quotation f. a person for a thing. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20655 And þat þou wil bisek [Fairf. be-seke, Trin. Cambr. biseche] me fore..It sal be als tu it wille. c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 126 All samme for þe same we beseke ȝou. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. i. 60 She humbly did beseech him for our bane. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1876) 539 The wretch..besought him for mercy. 4. a. intransitive. To make supplication or earnest request; to ask. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore beseech?c1225 praya1250 plead1340 pursuec1390 implore?a1513 perplead1581 entreat1593 beg1598 oratec1600 contest1607 deprecate1626 imprecatea1645 obtest1650 prig1700 special-plead1814 plea1868 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 169 Þe deouel..bisochten & seiden..mittite nos inporcos. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxiii[iv]. 1 Here, God, mi bede, when I biseke swa. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 194 Hit behoueþ ham bidde and bezeche beuore er hi wylleþ aȝt do. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 1 Vndirnyme thou, biseche thou, and blame thou, in al pacience and doctrine. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. K.iij^v That he preachyng thy woorde, maie..bee earnest to reproue, beseche, and rebuke. 1806 R. Fellowes tr. J. Milton Second Def. in C. Symmons Prose Wks. John Milton VI. 367 Well, I beseech, who are you? b. Const. to or unto a person (obsolete); of (obsolete) or for a thing. ΚΠ a1300 E.E. Psalter xxix. [xxx.] 9 To þe..crie I sal, And to mi God biseke. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 158 To Ihesus scho bisouht. 1377–99 in Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) III. 90 The comune of youre lond bysechyn vnto youre riȝt riȝtwesnesse. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 172 The Grekes to hem beseke. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 298 I prayed, and with teares besought for an end of our contestations. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. v. 48 We now besought for food. †5. To bring (a person) into (a certain state of mind) by entreaty. Obsolete. (Cf. to argue into at argue v. 9.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > by entreaty foldc1275 entreatc1425 overtreata1547 over-entreat1627 request1632 beseecha1718 a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 173 I rather chuse to beseech People into that Commendable Disposition. 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