Beseech vs Claim - What's the difference?
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To beg or implore.
* 1748 , David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London, Oxford University Press, 1973, § 25:
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 61:
* 1919 ,
(archaic) A request.
* 1839 , Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, George Darley, The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Volume 1 :
A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
Beseech is a related term of claim.
As nouns the difference between beseech and claim
is that beseech is (archaic) a request while claim is claim.As a verb beseech
is to beg or implore.beseech
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*Verb
- after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?
- She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.
- Panting a little in his haste, he told her how miserable he was; he besought her to have mercy on him; he promised, if she would forgive him, to do everything she wanted.
Noun
(beseeches)- Good madam, hear the suit that Edith urges, With such submiss beseeches ; [...]
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* English irregular verbsclaim
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* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
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