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Beseech Pronunciation
Beseech is pronounced bee-SEECH, IPA /biˈsitʃ/.
bee-SEECH
US /biˈsitʃ/ · UK /bɪˈsiːtʃ/
Syllables: bee · SEECH (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To beg someone urgently for something, now mainly literary.
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Beseech in a Sentence
- I beseech you to reconsider.
- The villagers beseeched the abbot for grain.
- He wrote to beseech a stay of execution.
Common Mispronunciations of Beseech
Not BEE-seech
SEECH is the loud beat, which is where every be verb puts it. The opening here does keep a fuller ee than most of them, but it still carries no punch.
Not bi-SEEK
Beseech and besiege differ in that last sound and in nothing else, so a hard k loses the word entirely. Finish it the way speech and reach are finished.
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