To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
To clean (the beak, etc.).
To leave high and dry on shore.
To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.