\Be*seech"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G.
besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See
{Seek}.]
1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.
         I beseech you, punish me not with your hard
         thoughts.                             --Shak.
         But Eve . . . besought his peace.     --Milton.
Syn: To beg; to crave.
Usage: {To Beseech}, {Entreat}, {Solicit}, {Implore},
       {Supplicate}. These words agree in marking that sense
       of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit
       is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness
       and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior.
       To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced
       by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still
       stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry
       and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor
       of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or
       superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of
       entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep
       humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror
       to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their
       interest with another; they entreat in the use of
       reasoning and strong representations; they beseech
       with importunate earnestness; they implore from a
       sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a
       feeling of the most absolute inferiority and
       dependence.

\Be*seech"\, n.
Solicitation; supplication. [Obs. or Poetic] --Shak.