ask+earnestly
41pray for — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ask earnestly, invoke, invocate, recite the rosary; see pray 2 …
42beseech — be·seech || bɪ siËtʃ v. entreat, plead, beg, ask earnestly, request …
43beseeched — be·seech || bɪ siËtʃ v. entreat, plead, beg, ask earnestly, request …
44beseeches — be·seech || bɪ siËtʃ v. entreat, plead, beg, ask earnestly, request …
45beseeching — be·seech || bɪ siËtʃ v. entreat, plead, beg, ask earnestly, request …
46solicit — v. a. 1. Ask (earnestly), request (urgently), entreat, beg, pray, implore, crave, importune, beseech, supplicate, petition, conjure, press, urge, appeal to. 2. Invite, summon, awake to action, excite, awaken, arouse. 3. Disturb, disquiet, make… …
47pray — I. v. a. Ask (earnestly), request, entreat, importune, beseech, supplicate, implore, beg, petition, invoke, conjure, call upon. See adjure. II. v. n. 1. [Usually with for.] Supplicate, entreat, petition, beg, implore, importune, prefer a petition …
48crave — [[t]kreɪv[/t]] v. craved, crav•ing 1) to long for; desire eagerly 2) to require; need: a problem craving your prompt attention[/ex] 3) to ask earnestly for 4) to beg or plead (usu. fol. by for) • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE crafian; akin to ON… …
49entreat — /ɛnˈtrit / (say en treet), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) 1. to make supplication to (a person); beseech; implore: to entreat a person for something. 2. to ask earnestly for (something). –verb (i) 3. to make an earnest request or petition. {Middle… …
50entreat — [en trēt′, intrēt′] vt. [ME entreten, to treat, deal with, beseech < Anglo Fr entretier < OFr entraiter < en , in + traiter: see TREAT] 1. Archaic to behave toward; treat 2. to ask earnestly; beg; beseech; implore vi. 1. to make an… …
