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Synonyms for beseech

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for beseech

to make an earnest or urgent request

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Synonyms for beseech

ask for or request earnestly

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"I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." (Romans 12).
So I beseech all the politicians, It is now time to count the cost, Bring our brave troops out of Afghanistan Before even one more young life is lost.
It then happened that some intellectuals and then some rich people came to beseech us to accept their children in our school because it is a serious school, because in our school there is discipline, and because our teachers are committed, love teaching, love children, and are well trained.
Throughout August, Robertson sponsored what he called "Operation Supreme Court Freedom," a prayer project intended to beseech God to replace current justices with "righteous judges."
Nonetheless, the task of the artist is to "beseech us" to look toward the light.
Almighty and eternal God, who has created us in Thy image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true, and beautiful, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor, during our journey through the Internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter.
But, inasmuch as we beseech you, our readers, on a fairly consistent basis, to share your most painful business and technology-related horror stories with us.
For all that Buffalonians beseech, This single game remains beyond their reach.
'I appeal for fortitude in the face of this calamity and beseech the kindness of everyone to pray for our kababayans and lend support if able,' De Lima said in letter written from her detention cell.
The former Governor urged Nigerians of all backgrounds to celebrate peacefully and see the Christmas as another opportunity to beseech God for peace and peaceful co-existence in the land.
I beseech the Pakistani people ingrain the seed of your own culture in your children's minds.
RENEWAL OF FAITH: Pilgrims move as close as possible to the Kaaba as they beseech Allah for the forgiveness of their sins.
My one fear is that a child may fall and pick up the dog dirt and possibly lead to blindness, so I beseech all dog owners to take a bag out with them and take the dog mess home.
We are not on the Via Dolorosa, but that street must be just a little in the back of our minds: 'O Saviour who by the Cross and Passion hast redeemed us; save us and help us we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.'