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    en·treat
    /inˈtrēt/

    verb

    • 1. ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something: "his friends entreated him not to go"
    • 2. treat (someone) in a specified manner: archaic "the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › entreatEntreat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ENTREAT is to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently. How to use entreat in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Entreat.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishENTREAT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to try very hard to persuade someone to do something: [ + to infinitive ] We would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables. Synonyms. adjure formal. appeal (REQUEST) beg. beseech old use or literary. plead (REQUEST) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to beg for something or beg someone to do something.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › entreatEntreat - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To entreat is to ask for something that is really important, like when you entreat the jury to spare your life. The verb entreat implies that the person doing the entreating is really serious about what has to happen.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryENTREAT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    to try very hard to persuade someone to do something: [ + to infinitive ] We would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables. Synonyms. adjure formal. appeal (REQUEST) beg. beseech old use or literary. plead (REQUEST) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to beg for something or beg someone to do something.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionentreat verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    entreat (somebody) + speech ‘Please don’t go,’ she entreated (him). Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act towards (someone)’; formerly also as intreat ): from Old French entraitier , based on traitier ‘to treat’, from Latin tractare ‘to handle’.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › entreatEntreat - definition of entreat by The Free Dictionary

    1. To make an earnest request of (someone). See Synonyms at beg. 2. To ask for earnestly; petition for: "She made a hasty gesture with her hand, as if to entreat my patience and my silence" (Charles Dickens). 3. Archaic To deal with; treat. v.intr. To make an earnest request or petition.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishENTREAT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you entreat someone to do something, you ask them very politely and seriously to do it.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › entreat_ventreat, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English...

    entreative, adj. 1598–. Browse more nearby entries. entreat, v. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionentreat verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of entreat verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of entreat – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

    ENTREAT definition: to try very hard to persuade someone to do something. Learn more.

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