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Definition of Beseeching
1. Adjective. Begging.
Similar to: Adjuratory, Importunate, Mendicant, Petitionary, Precative, Precatory, Suppliant, Supplicant, Supplicatory
Antonyms: Imperative
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
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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