■ verb ( past and past participle besought or ~ed ) literary ask (someone) urgently and fervently for something.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME: from be- + OE sēcan (see seek ).
■ verb ( past and past participle besought or ~ed ) literary ask (someone) urgently and fervently for something.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME: from be- + OE sēcan (see seek ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004