Beseech

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Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English sēcan (see seek).


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From Middle English besechen, bisechen, prefixed form of Old English sēċan(“to seek or inquire about”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian besäike(“to visit”), Dutch bezoeken(“to visit, attend, see”), German besuchen(“to visit, attend, see”), Swedish besöka(“to visit, go to see”).


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beseech (v.)

c. 1200, bisecen "to entreat, beg urgently," from Old English besecan; see be- + seek. "In contrast to the simple vb., in which the northern seek has displaced the southern seech, in the compound beseech has become the standard form" [OED]. Cognate with Old Frisian biseka "deny, dispute," Dutch bezoeken, Old High German bisuochan. German cognate besuchen is merely "to visit." Related: Besought (OED writes that beseeched is "now regarded as incorrect"); beseeching.