Usually means: Earnestly requested or implored someone.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word besought:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. besought: Merriam-Webster
  2. besought: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. besought: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. besought: Collins English Dictionary
  5. besought: Vocabulary.com
  6. Besought, besought: Wordnik
  7. besought: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. besought: Wiktionary
  9. besought: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. besought: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. besought: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Besought, besought: Dictionary.com
  13. Besought: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. besought: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Besought: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. besought: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. besought: FreeDictionary.org
  18. besought: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. besought: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. besought: Legal dictionary

(Note: See beseech as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To beg or implore something of (a person).
verb:  To beg or request for (something).
noun:  (archaic) A request.
▸ Also see beseech

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