Definition of "beseech"
beseech
verb
third-person singular simple present beseeches, present participle beseeching, simple past and past participle beseeched or besought
Quotations
Moost noble crysten Quene I byseche yow as ye haue ben euer my specyal good lady and I at al tymes your true poure knyghte vnto my power and as I neuer fayled yow in ryghte nor in wrong sythen the fyrst day kynge Arthur made me knyghte that ye wylle praye for my soule yf that I here be slayne;"Most noble Christian queen, I beseech you as ye have been ever my special good lady, and I at all times your true poor knight unto my power, and as I never failed you in right nor in wrong sithen the first day King Arthur made me knight, that ye will pray for my soul if that I here be slain;"
1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter iii, leaf 401r