Beseech vs Interrogate - What's the difference?
beseech | interrogate | Related terms |
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 :
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
Beseech is a related term of interrogate.
As verbs the difference between beseech and interrogate
is that beseech is to beg or implore while interrogate is to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.As a noun beseech
is (archaic) a request.beseech
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Alternative forms
*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 ; [...]
Anagrams
* English irregular verbsinterrogate
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Verb
(interrogat)- The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.