entreat

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en·treat

 (ĕn-trēt′)
v. en·treat·ed, en·treat·ing, en·treats
v.tr.
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.
[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

(ɪnˈtriːt) or

intreat

vb
1. to ask (a person) earnestly; beg or plead with; implore
2. to make an earnest request or petition for (something)
3. an archaic word for treat4
[C15: from Old French entraiter, from en-1 + traiter to treat]
enˈtreatingly, inˈtreatingly adv
enˈtreatment, inˈtreatment n
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en•treat

(ɛnˈtrit)

v.t.
1. to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
2. to ask earnestly for (something).
v.i.
3. to make an earnest request or petition.
[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French entrait(i)er]
en•treat′ing•ly, adv.
en•treat′ment, n.
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entreat


Past participle: entreated
Gerund: entreating

Imperative
entreat
entreat
Present
I entreat
you entreat
he/she/it entreats
we entreat
you entreat
they entreat
Preterite
I entreated
you entreated
he/she/it entreated
we entreated
you entreated
they entreated
Present Continuous
I am entreating
you are entreating
he/she/it is entreating
we are entreating
you are entreating
they are entreating
Present Perfect
I have entreated
you have entreated
he/she/it has entreated
we have entreated
you have entreated
they have entreated
Past Continuous
I was entreating
you were entreating
he/she/it was entreating
we were entreating
you were entreating
they were entreating
Past Perfect
I had entreated
you had entreated
he/she/it had entreated
we had entreated
you had entreated
they had entreated
Future
I will entreat
you will entreat
he/she/it will entreat
we will entreat
you will entreat
they will entreat
Future Perfect
I will have entreated
you will have entreated
he/she/it will have entreated
we will have entreated
you will have entreated
they will have entreated
Future Continuous
I will be entreating
you will be entreating
he/she/it will be entreating
we will be entreating
you will be entreating
they will be entreating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been entreating
you have been entreating
he/she/it has been entreating
we have been entreating
you have been entreating
they have been entreating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been entreating
you will have been entreating
he/she/it will have been entreating
we will have been entreating
you will have been entreating
they will have been entreating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been entreating
you had been entreating
he/she/it had been entreating
we had been entreating
you had been entreating
they had been entreating
Conditional
I would entreat
you would entreat
he/she/it would entreat
we would entreat
you would entreat
they would entreat
Past Conditional
I would have entreated
you would have entreated
he/she/it would have entreated
we would have entreated
you would have entreated
they would have entreated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.entreat - ask for or request earnestlyentreat - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
adjure, beseech, conjure, bid, press
plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
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entreat

verb beg, ask, appeal to, petition, pray to, conjure, request, plead with, exhort, implore, enjoin, beseech, importune, ask earnestly, supplicate They entreated the audience to stay calm.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

entreat

verb
To make an earnest or urgent request:
appeal, beg, beseech, crave, implore, plead, pray, sue, supplicate.
Archaic: conjure.
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Translations
يَتَوَسَّل إلى، يَتَضَرَّع
bedebønfaldetrygle
biîja innilega
maldavimas
ļoti lūgtlūgties

entreat

[ɪnˈtriːt] VT → rogar, suplicar
to entreat sb to do sth → suplicar a algn que haga algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

entreat

[ɪnˈtriːt] vt (= beg) → supplier
to entreat sb to do sth → supplier qn de faire qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

entreat

vt → inständig or dringend bitten, anflehen (for um); listen to him, I entreat you → ich bitte Sie inständig or ich flehe Sie an, ihn anzuhören
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entreat

[ɪnˈtriːt] vt to entreat sb (to do sth) → implorare or supplicare qn (di fare qc)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

entreat

(inˈtriːt) verb
to ask (a person) earnestly and seriously (to do something).
enˈtreaty noun – plural enˈtreaties –
(an) earnest request or plea.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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More explicitly,Wilmot suggests that the play might be performed at the private house of either Mary Petre or Anne Grey, advising them both that 'For a solemne revel against this Festivall time, Gismunds bloudie shadow, with a little cost, may be intreated in her selfe-like person to speake to ye'.
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First and foremost I have observed the wisdome of these Moors, for some two dayes since being invited to one of the chief Bashaws to dinner, after meat, sitting by a huge fire, and feeling his shins to burn, I requested him to pull back his chaire, but he very understandingly sent for three or four Masons, and removed the chimney: the same Morian intreated me to lie with him, and I according to the state of my travells, willing to have a candle burning by, but he by no meanes would grant it; I ask't him why?
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