Entreat

/ɪnˈtɹiːt/ · verb

Meaning

Senses relating to asking or pleading..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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.

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Word Forms

• entreats
• entreating
• entreated
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• entreat
• entreatest
• entreatedst
• entreateth
• -
• intreat

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