Definition of Beseeching

1. Adjective. Begging.


Definition of Beseeching

1. a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look.

Definition of Beseeching

1. Verb. (present participle of beseech) ¹

2. Noun. A heartfelt plea. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beseeching

1. beseech [v] - See also: beseech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beseeching

bescrawls
bescreen
bescreened
bescreening
bescreens
bescribble
bescribbled
bescribbles
bescribbling
besee
beseech
beseeched
beseecher
beseechers
beseeches
beseeching
beseechingly
beseechingness
beseechings
beseechment
beseechments
beseeing
beseek
beseeke
beseekes
beseeking
beseem
beseemed
beseemest
beseemeth

Literary usage of Beseeching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"With a face of beseeching he put his arm round her and pressed her head tenderly under his. They sat so for some moments. Then she lifted her head again and ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"«SPIRTO GENTIL CHE QUELLE MEMBRA REGGI» To RIENZI, Beseeching HIM TO RESTORE TO ROME HER ANCIENT LIBERTY SPIRIT heroic! who with fire divine ..."

3. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"... rather then his name & truth should be evill spoken of for us. Thus saluting all of you in love, and beseeching y* Lord to give a blesing to our ..."

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