Verb

To beg or implore.

* 1748 , David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London, Oxford University Press, 1973, § 25:

after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?

* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 61:

She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.

* 1919 ,

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.

Verb

(desir)

To want; to wish for earnestly.

* Bible, Exodus xxxiv. 24

Neither shall any man desire thy land.

* Tennyson

Ye desire your child to live.

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XIII:

And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.

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To want emotionally or sexually.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

* Bible, 2 Kings iv. 28

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?

* Shakespeare

Desire him to go in; trouble him no more.

To require; to demand; to claim.

* Spenser

A doleful case desires a doleful song.

To miss; to regret.

* Jeremy Taylor

She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.