besought
Begged on knees
Besought is the past tense and past participle of beseech, meaning to implore or beg earnestly.
The word is literary and archaic, appearing mainly in older texts or deliberately elevated prose: They besought the king for mercy.
Modern usage strongly favors beseeched.
Begged earnestly
- entreatedPleaded with someone
- pleadedAsked with urgency
- beggedAsked with great urgency
- prayedMade spiritual petition
petitioned · supplicated · invoked · appealed · solicited · urged · requested · adjured
Made spiritual petition
- invokedSummoned or cited formally
- called uponRequested or invoked
- intercededActed as intermediary
- worshippedRegarded with religious devotion
petitioned · blessed · hallowed · sacred · devotion · altar · sanctuary · temple
implored
Begged earnestly
prayed · petitioned · supplicated · invoked · appealed · solicited · urged · requested · adjured · conjured
prayed
Made spiritual petition
- invokedSummoned or cited formally
- called uponRequested or invoked
- intercededActed as intermediary
worshipped · petitioned · blessed · hallowed · sacred · devotion · altar · sanctuary · temple · heaven
prithee
Archaic entreaty word
- forsoothArchaic emphatic affirmation
- theeSecond-person object, antiquated
- thouArchaic second-person pronoun
hath · verily · wherefore · biblical · Shakespearean · antiquated · literary · poetic · obsolete · King James
besoughtunsolicited
Not asked for
unasked · unrequested · ignored · withheld · refused
sought, beseech, beseeching, beseechingly, beseeches, beseeched, sought-after, beseecher, beseechers