beseech
verb
1 beseech
Ask for or request earnestly.
synonyms: adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press.
Roget 765:
request,
ask;
beg,
crave,
sue,
pray,
petition,
solicit,
invite,
pop the question,
make bold to ask;
beg leave,
beg a boon;
apply to,
call to,
put to;
call upon,
call for;
make a request,
address a request,
prefer a request,
put up a request,
make a prayer,
address a prayer,
prefer a prayer,
put up a prayer,
make a petition,
address a petition,
prefer a petition,
put up a petition;
make application,
make a requisition;
ask trouble,
ask one for;
claim
etc.
(demand)
741;
offer up prayers
etc.
(worship)
990;
whistle for.
beg hard,
entreat,
beseech,
plead,
supplicate,
implore;
conjure,
adjure;
obtest†;
cry to,
kneel to,
appeal to;
invoke,
evoke;
impetrate†,
imprecate,
ply,
press,
urge,
beset,
importune,
dun,
tax,
clamor for;
cry aloud,
cry for help;
fall on one's knees;
throw oneself at the feet of;
come down on one's marrowbones.
beg from door to door,
send the hat round,
go a begging;
mendicate†,
mump†,
cadge,
beg one's bread.
dance attendance on,
besiege,
knock at the door.
bespeak,
canvass,
tout,
make interest,
court;
seek,
bid for
etc.
(offer)
763;
publish the banns.
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Roget 990:
worship,
lift up the heart,
aspire;
revere
etc.
928;
adore,
do service,
pay homage;
humble oneself,
kneel;
bow the knee,
bend the knee;
fall down,
fall on one's knees;
prostrate oneself,
bow down and worship.
pray,
invoke,
supplicate;
put up,
offer up prayers,
offer petitions;
beseech
etc.
(ask)
765;
say one's prayers,
tell one's beads.
return thanks,
give thanks;
say grace,
bless,
praise,
laud,
glorify,
magnify,
sing praises;
give benediction,
lead the choir,
intone;
deacon,
deacon off propitiate [U.S.],
offer sacrifice,
fast,
deny oneself;
vow,
offer vows,
give alms.
work out one's salvation;
go to church;
attend service,
attend mass;
communicate
etc.
(rite)
998.
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Dutch: smeken, bezweren
Moby thesaurus: adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to, make supplication, obtest, offer a prayer, petition, plead, plead for, plead with, pray, pray over, recite the rosary, return thanks, run to, say grace, supplicate ... show more.
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