Besought synonyms and antonyms

bĭ-sôt'

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sued
To appeal to; petition; beseech
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pressured
To exert pressure, or compelling influence, on
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pressed
To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
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prayed
To ask for by prayer or supplication; beg for imploringly
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petitioned
To ask for; solicit
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invoked
To ask solemnly for; beg for; implore
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importuned
(Archaic) To ask for urgently; demand
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implored
To ask or beg earnestly for
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entreated
To ask for earnestly; petition for:
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begged
To ask humbly; entreat
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asked
To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
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appealed
(Intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
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conjured
To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
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craved
To ask for earnestly; beg
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offerred (antonym)
To show or give signs of
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given (antonym)
To perform for an audience:
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offered (antonym)
To show or give signs of
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gave (antonym)
To perform for an audience:
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bidden
To offer as a price.
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summoned
To ask someone to come; to send for.
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solicited
To solicit is to request or ask for something.
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Besought Sentence Examples

  • He visited privately many of the leading citizens of the city, statesmen, divines and merchants, and besought them to take the lead in a national movement against slavery; but they all with one consent made excuse, some of them listening to his plea with manifest impatience.

  • Warenne retired to Berwick and besought his master for aid.

  • He immediately recalled his forced confession, and besought all Christian men " to pray for him, so that his tears might secure the pity of the Almighty."

  • Nothing daunted, Catherine herself besought Gregory, who, indeed, was himself so minded, to return, and he did so, in September (taking the sea route from Marseilles to Genoa), though perhaps intending only to make a temporary stay in Italy.

  • The passage was effected in the ships of Bonifacius, who, however, soon returning to his old loyalty, besought his new allies to depart from Africa.

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