Beseech vs. Beg — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Beseech and Beg
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Beseech
Beseech is a gothic metal band from Borås, Sweden. They disbanded in 2006, and re-formed with a different line-up at the end of 2013.
Beg
To ask (someone) for something in an urgent or humble manner
Begged me for help.
Begged me to give him the phone number.
Beseech
To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore
Beseech them for help.
Beg
To ask for (something) in an urgent or humble manner
Beg someone's forgiveness.
Beg a favor.
Beseech
To request earnestly; beg for
"She unnerved him by receiving him in bed, bursting into tears, and beseeching his pardon" (Leo Damrosch).
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Beg
To ask for (food or money, for instance) as a beggar.
Beseech
To beg or implore a person
Beg
To ask (permission) to do something
Begged leave to attend the ceremony.
Beseech
To request or beg for
Beg
To evade; dodge
A speech that begged the real issues.
Beseech
(archaic) A request.
Beg
To take for granted without proof
Beg the point in a dispute.
Beseech
To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.
I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts.
But Eve . . . besought his peace.
Beg
To ask for something, especially money or food from strangers, in an urgent or humble manner.
Beseech
Solicitation; supplication.
Beg
To live as a beggar.
Beseech
Ask for or request earnestly;
The prophet bid all people to become good persons
Beg
To make an urgent or humble plea
Beg for mercy.
Beg
(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
Beg
(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
I beg your pardon. I didn’t mean to cause offence.
He begged her to go to the prom with him.
Beg
(transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
Beg
(transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
Beg
In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
Set aside
Beg
To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
Beg
The act of begging; an imploring request.
Beg
A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
Beg
A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
Beg
To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
I do beg your good will in this case.
[Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
Beg
To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Beg
To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
Beg
To take for granted; to assume without proof.
Beg
To ask to be appointed guardiln for, or to aso to havo a guardian appointed for.
Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
Beg
To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.
Beg
Call upon in supplication; entreat;
I beg you to stop!
Beg
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
Beg
Ask to obtain free;
Beg money and food
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