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–verb (used with object)

1.	to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy.

2.	to ask earnestly for (something): He entreated help in his work.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to make an earnest request or petition.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME entreten < MF entrait(i)er. See en-¹, treat

]

—Related forms

en·treat·ing·ly, adverb

en·treat·ment, noun

—Synonyms 1. pray, importune, sue, solicit. See appeal.

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en·treat Audio Help   (ěn-trēt') Pronunciation Key
v.   en·treat·ed also in·treat·ed, en·treat·ing also in·treat·ing, en·treats also in·treats

v.   tr.

To make an earnest request of.
To ask for earnestly; petition for.
Archaic To deal with; treat.

v. intr.
To make an earnest request or petition. See Synonyms at beg.

[Middle English entreten, from Anglo-Norman entreter : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + treter, to treat; see treat.]

en·treat'ing·ly adv., en·treat'ment n.

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entreat

c.1340, "to treat (someone) in a certain way," from Anglo-Fr. entretier, from O.Fr. entraiter, from en- "make" + traiter "treat." Meaning "to beseech, implore" is first attested 1502.

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entreat
verb
ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
entreat [inˈtriːt] verb

to ask (a person) earnestly and seriously (to do something)

Arabic:	يَتَوَسَّل إلى، يَتَضَرَّع
Chinese (Simplified):	恳求，请求
Chinese (Traditional):	懇求，請求
Czech:	prosit
Danish:	bede; trygle; bønfalde
Dutch:	smeken
Estonian:	hardalt paluma
Finnish:	pyytää hartaasti
French:	supplier
German:	dringend bitten
Greek:	εκλιπαρώ
Hungarian:	esedezik
Icelandic:	biðja innilega
Indonesian:	mengimbau
Italian:	supplicare

Japanese:	懇願する
Korean:	간청하다
Latvian:	ļoti lūgt; lūgties
Lithuanian:	maldauti
Norwegian:	bønnfalle, be innstendig (om)
Polish:	usilnie prosić
Portuguese (Brazil):	suplicar
Portuguese (Portugal):	rogar
Romanian:	a implora
Russian:	умолять
Slovak:	prosiť
Slovenian:	rotiti
Spanish:	suplicar
Swedish:	bönfalla, enträget be
Turkish:	yalvarmak, rica etmek

See also: entreaty

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Entreat

Be*seech"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besought; p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeching.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek.]

1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. --Shak.

But Eve . . . besought his peace. --Milton.

Syn: To beg; to crave.

Usage: To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate. These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence.

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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. --Shak.

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. --Jer. xv. 11.

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. --Shak.

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. --Poe.

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. --Gen. xxv. 21.

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. --Rogers.

4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat." --Spenser.

Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.

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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. --Hakewill.

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. --1 Mac. x. 47.