beseech
verb
[ bɪˈsiːtʃ ]
• ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
• "they beseeched him to stay"
Similar:
implore,
beg,
entreat,
importune,
plead with,
appeal to,
exhort,
ask urgently,
petition,
call on,
supplicate,
pray to,
adjure,
crave,
appeal for,
prig,
obsecrate,
impetrate,
obtest,
Origin:
Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English sēcan (see seek).
