All 13 Uses of
beseech
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, hath yet some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time; and I most humbly beseech your lordship to have a reverend care of your health.†
Scene 1.2
- I beseech you, stand to me.†
Scene 2.1
- But for these foolish officers, I beseech you I may have redress against them.†
Scene 2.1
- Good morrow, honest gentlemen: I beseech you, which is justice Shallow?†
Scene 3.2
- Let me see them, I beseech you.†
Scene 3.2 *
- I know not: here he is, and here I yield him: and I beseech your grace, let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds; or, by the Lord, I will have it in a particular ballad else, with mine own picture on the top on't, Colevile kissing my foot: to the which course if I be enforced, if you do not all show like gilt twopences to me, and I in the clear sky of fame o'ershine you as much as the full moon doth the cinders of the element, which show like pins' heads to her, believe not the word of the noble: therefore let me have right, and let desert mount.†
Scene 4.3
- My lord, I beseech you, give me leave to go through Gloucestershire: and, when you come to court, stand my good lord, pray, in your good report.†
Scene 4.3
- I beseech you, sir, to countenance William Visor of Woncot against Clement Perkes of the hill.†
Scene 5.1
- The knave is mine honest friend, sir; therefore, I beseech your worship, let him be countenanced.†
Scene 5.1
- And, princes all, believe me, I beseech you; My father is gone wild into his grave, For in his tomb lie my affections; And with his spirit sadly I survive, To mock the expectation of the world, To frustrate prophecies and to raze out Rotten opinion, who hath writ me down After my seeming.†
Scene 5.2
- Yea, marry, Sir John; which I beseech you to let me have home with me.†
Scene 5.5
- I beseech you, good Sir John, let me have five hundred of my thousand.†
Scene 5.5
- One word more, I beseech you.†
Scene 5.5
Definition:
to ask strongly or beg for something
Beseech is common in classic literature. Though its usage has doubled in recent decades, it remains a rare word in modern writing.
Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Beseech is similar to beg or entreat. Beg implies the request for a personal favor, while entreat implies an attempt to overcome resistance.
Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Beseech is similar to beg or entreat. Beg implies the request for a personal favor, while entreat implies an attempt to overcome resistance.