Entreat

Quick meaning: Entreat is a verb meaning Senses relating to asking or pleading.

Meaning

Senses relating to asking or pleading.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Senses relating to dealing with or negotiating.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of entreaty (“an act of asking earnestly or begging for something”); an appeal, a plea.

Example Sentences

[…] I began a little chat with my fair companion, who remained standing, notwithstanding my repeated entreates that she would be seated.

Let my entreats of Love prevail ſo far, / VVhen for your happineſſe they ſpoken are: / Be not a Captive to the vvorld, but be / One unto Heav'n, and that is to be free.

In the Muslim world, the most compelling and decisive books are those full of confessions written on the flesh of victims, and the most earnest prayers are the entreats for mercy screamed in pain and anguish at the tormentors and flesh and thought.

Word Forms

• entreats
• entreating
• entreated
• entreatest
• entreatedst
• entreateth

Synonyms for entreat

Depending on context, synonyms include entreaty, adjure, beseech, press, bid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beseech, adjure, press, bid, supplicate, beg.

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