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beseeking

beseeking is the present participle and gerund of beseek.

Meaning of beseek

Verb

beseek (third-person singular simple present beseeks, present participle beseeking, simple past and past participle besought)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To beseech; entreat.

Questions about beseeking

What is beseeking the present participle and gerund of?
Beseeking is the present participle and gerund of beseek.

Words near beseeking in the dictionary

  1. beseechments
  2. beseeing
  3. beseek
  4. beseeke
  5. beseekes
  6. beseeking
  7. beseeks
  8. beseem
  9. beseemed
  10. beseemest
  11. beseemeth

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