entreat

English

Pronunciation

Noun

entreat (plural entreats)

  1. Alternative form of entreaty.
    • 2006, Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books,[1] Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 978-0-7425-5094-0, page 236:
      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.

Verb

entreat (third-person singular simple present entreats, present participle entreating, simple past and past participle entreated)

  1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
  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.
  3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
      “But I cannot persuade her to go away, my lady,” said the footman; “nor can any of the servants. Mrs. Fairfax is with her just now, entreating her to be gone; but she has taken a chair in the chimney-comer, and says nothing shall stir her from it till she gets leave to come in here.”
    • 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
      One heart / Tenderly beating / Ever entreating / Constant and true
  4. To invite; to entertain.
  5. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
  6. To make an earnest petition or request.

Translations

To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use
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
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade
To invite; to entertain
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty
To make an earnest petition or request

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