beseech

Plural: beseeches

Verb

Verb Forms: besought, beseeched, beseeching, beseeches

To implore; to ask someone urgently and fervently.
ask for or request earnestly
To beg or implore something of (a person).
To beg or request for (something).

Noun

A request.

Examples

Players often beseech the letter bag for a ’Q’ and a ’U’ together.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press

Scrabble Score: 14

beseech: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
beseech: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
beseech: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

beseech: valid Words With Friends Word