besought

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Verb beseech has 1 sense

bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
--₁ is one way to plead
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

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Besought

Definition:

Verb: past tense and past participle of beseech.

Meaning:

1. To ask someone earnestly or anxiously for something.

2. To implore or beg for something; to request with great urgency.

Examples:

As a past tense and past participle of beseech:

She besought her parents to give her permission to go on the trip.
The desperate man besought the crowd for spare change.

In the sense of earnestly asking or begging:

The farmer besought the heavens for rain to save his crops.
He besought the judge for mercy during his trial.

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