Beseeching ppl. a.

[f. as prec. + -ING².] That beseeches; entreating, appealing, suppliant.

1704.  J. Trapp, Abra-Mulé, Prol. 3. With beseeching Hands.

1753.  Smollett, Ct. Fathom (1784), 173/1. In an humble and beseeching strain.

1868.  ‘Holme Lee,’ B. Godfrey, xvii. 100. Emmot cast a beseeching look.