Entreat
[ɪn'triːt;en-] or [ɪn'trit]
Definition
(v. t.) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
(v. t.) To invite; to entertain.
(v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
(v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
(n.) Entreaty.
Checker: Wilbur
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Beg, crave, beseech, implore, supplicate, ADJURE, solicit, pray, importune, petition, enjoin, appeal to, prefer a prayer to.
Typed by Cyril
Definition
v.t. to ask earnestly: to beseech: to pray for: (orig.) to treat to deal with—so in B.—v.i. to pray.—adjs. Entreat′able; Entreat′ful (Spens.); Entreat′ing that entreats.—adv. Entreat′ingly in an entreating manner: with solicitation.—adj. Entreat′ive pleading.—ns. Entreat′ment act of entreating: (Shak.) discourse; Entreat′y act of entreating; earnest prayer.
Edited by Antony
Examples
- I now affectionately advise, I now most earnestly entreat, you two to part as you came here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My dear son, I entreat you never to make such an assertion again. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Say no more against it, I entreat you. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I entreat you to do that. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Nay, nay, I entreat you; for one moment put down your work. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Dear Madam, said Adrian, let me entreat you to see him, to cultivate his friendship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My dear Miss Price, I beg your pardon, but I have made my way to you on purpose to entreat your help. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She spoke then, on being so entreated. Jane Austen. Emma.
- For he never once, from the moment when I entreated him to be a friend to Richard, neglected or forgot his promise. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She wept, however, as she bade me farewell, and entreated me to return happy and tranquil. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He said he had entreated her to favour him by maintaining her privilege of fixing the time for the marriage at her own will and pleasure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Glaucon and the rest entreated me by all means not to let the question drop, but to proceed in the investigation. Plato. The Republic.
- The housekeeper stood wringing her hands, entreating me to desist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I would have kept away, but she came after me, entreating me to come in too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Let me take my first and last advantage of that circumstance by entreating you not to make a stranger of me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is of no use entreating him; he is determined to speak now, and he does. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Henry is entreating her to come; she declines. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I see her now looking up into my face, and entreating me to prevent them from smothering her, and to be sure and give her a strong narcotic. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I then wrote to Mrs. Fairfax, entreating information on the subject. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Tony again entreats that the subject may be no longer pursued, saying emphatically, William Guppy, drop it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His grace, Mrs. Porter proceeded, only entreats to be allowed to make your acquaintance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Respectfully entreats Podsnap's pardon for stopping the flow of his words of wisdom, and informs him what is in the wind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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