Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal)To beseech; entreat.

Origin

From Middle English beseken, equivalent to be- + seek. Cognate with Scots beseik (“to bese

From Middle English beseken, equivalent to be- + seek. Cognate with Scots beseik (“to beseek”). By surface analysis, be- + seek. Doublet of beseech.

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Forms

beseeks, beseeking, besought, besought
Base formbeseek · to beseek
3rd person singularbeseeks
Present participlebeseeking
Past simplebesought
Past participlebesought

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeseek
he, she, itbeseeks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbesought

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave besought
he, she, ithas besought

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beseek

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
berthbeseechbesetbesideA1besidesB1
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