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Entreating vs Beseech - What's the difference?

entreating | beseech |

As verbs the difference between entreating and beseech

is that entreating is while beseech is to beg or implore.

As a noun beseech is

(archaic) a request.

entreating

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Verb

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  • beseech

    English

    Alternative forms

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    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.

    Noun

    (beseeches)
  • (archaic) A request.
  • * 1839 , Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, George Darley, The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Volume 1 :
  • Good madam, hear the suit that Edith urges, With such submiss beseeches ; [...]