Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Obsolete variant of beseech.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To beseech.

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  • verb transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland To beseech; entreat.

Etymologies

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From Middle English beseken, equivalent to be- +‎ seek. Cognate with Scots beseik ("to beseek"). More at beseech.

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