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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries간청하다
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gan-cheong-ha-da
"그녀는 그에게 용서해 달라고 간청했다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To ask someone urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
"She fell to her knees and besought him to forgive her." - 2
To beg insistently for something.
"The citizens besought assistance from the central government during the crisis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'besēcan', combining the intensive prefix 'be-' with 'sēcan' (to seek). Over centuries, its meaning shifted from merely seeking or looking for something to making an urgent, emotional, or supplicatory request to someone.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Beseech" is said worldwide
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supplier
Transliteration: swi-plye
"Elle l'a supplié de rester."
anflehen
Transliteration: an-fle-hen
"Sie flehte ihn an, ihr zu vergeben."
supplicare
Transliteration: sup-pli-ka-re
"Lo supplicò di perdonarla."
suplicar
Transliteration: su-pli-kar
"Ella le suplicó que la perdonara."
suplicar
Transliteration: su-pli-kar
"Ela implorou para ele ficar."
विनती करना
Transliteration: vinati karna
"उसने उससे क्षमा करने की विनती की।"
恳求
Transliteration: kěn qiú
"她恳求他原谅她。"
간청하다
Transliteration: gan-cheong-ha-da
"그녀는 그에게 용서해 달라고 간청했다."
懇願する
Transliteration: kongan suru
"彼女は彼に許しを乞うた。"
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