entreat

[En*treat·]

To entreat is to ask for something that is really important, like when you entreat the jury to spare your life.

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To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

Verb
ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

v. t.
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

v. t.
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune.

v. t.
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

v. t.
To invite; to entertain.

v. i.
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

v. i.
To make an earnest petition or request.

n.
Entreaty.

Entreat

En*treat" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.] 1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]

Fairly let her be entreated.

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. "Entreat my wife to come." "I do entreat your patience." Shak.

I must entreat of you some of that money.

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife.

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.

4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat." Spenser. Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.

Entreat

En*treat", v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them.

2. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.

Entreat

En*treat", n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.

To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

Entreaty.

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