| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| beseech (v.) |
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| The past tense and past participle, besought or beseeched, are in evenly divided usage, and both are Standard, though perhaps somewhat literary: He beseeched [besought] her to trust him. Beseeched may occur somewhat less frequently with a nonhuman direct object than does besought, which in turn seems to be giving way to sought. Compare SEEK. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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