Added 9 October 2026
beseech
/bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/ verb
In Latin: petō, dēprecor Wiktionary
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noun
- A request.
Origin
From Middle English besechen, bisechen, prefixed form of Old English sēċan (“to seek or inquire about”); compare the doublet beseek, from the same dialect that gave seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besäike (“to visit”), Dutch bezoeken (“to visit, attend, see”), German besuchen (“to visit, attend, see”), Swedish besöka (“to visit, go to see”). By surface analysis, be- + seech.
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