beseech
verb/bɪˈsiːtʃ/
Frequency rank: #16,535 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to beg or implore someone urgently and earnestly
Example sentence
The desperate mother would beseech the doctors to do everything possible to save her child's life.
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