1 : to beg for urgently or anxiously beseeched him to write while he was away— R. W. Hatch. 2 : to request earnestly : implore besought their protection. intransitive verb. : to make supplication.

How do you use the word besought in a sentence?

Besought sentence example

He visited privately many of the leading citizens of the city, statesmen, divines and merchants, and besought them to take the lead in a national movement against slavery; but they all with one consent made excuse, some of them listening to his plea with manifest impatience.

What does beseeching mean dictionary?

to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once. to beg eagerly for; solicit. verb (used without object), be·sought or be·seeched, be·seech·ing. to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.