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en⋅treat

  [en-treet]
Use entreat in a Sentence
–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   (ěn-trēt')   
v.   en·treat·ed also in·treat·ed, en·treat·ing also in·treat·ing, en·treats also in·treats

v.   tr.
  1. To make an earnest request of.
  2. To ask for earnestly; petition for.
  3. 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

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.

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.

2. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. --Knolles.

Entreat

En*treat"\, n. Entreaty. [Obs.] --Ford.
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Language Translation for : entreat
Spanish: suplicar,
German: dringend bitten,
Japanese: 懇願する
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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