Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Entreating urgently; imploring.
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- verb Present participle of
beseech . - noun A
heartfelt plea .
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- adjective begging
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Examples
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He looked from the druid to the high priestess, his expression beseeching.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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He looked from the druid to the high priestess, his expression beseeching.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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He looked from the druid to the high priestess, his expression beseeching.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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"beseeching" is uncommon in the case of "ambassadors," who generally stand on their dignity (compare 2Co 10: 2; 1Th 2: 6, 7). be ye reconciled to God -- English Version here inserts "ye," which is not in the original, and which gives the wrong impression, as if it were emphatic thus: God is reconciled to you, be ye reconciled to God.
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21In early Bantu worldviews, words activated medicine and inspired other powerful forces. 27 Bombwe found that the force of words was thought important in beseeching ancestors for healthy harvests, when sowing, when calling for beneficial rain, when suffering from illness, and when searching for new home sites.
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A White man put a hex, they felt it like a bump in their land-sense; a beseeching was a nasty stink; a warding was a buzz when they came close.
He Don't Know Him 2010
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It was no small undertaking which faced Abraham when he conceived the idea of beseeching God to spare Sodom.
The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991
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In the second subject he seems to protest the truthfulness and devotion of his heart, and concludes with a passage half upbraiding, half beseeching, which is quite captivating, nay more, even bewitching in its eloquent persuasiveness.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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He described, with outflung arm, how I had abased myself to Grant on his behalf, "beseeching" if you please, and when he actually went down on the carpet and fairly grovelled, Terry didn't know where to look.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Nhlanhla was "beseeching" police to come to Shell House and that the last thing Nhlanhla wanted was to take action.
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