en·treat /ɪnˈtrit, ɛn-/
(vt.)(vi.)懇求,乞求
En·treat v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.]
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.”
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.”
Syn: -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
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.
En·treat, n. Entreaty. [Obs.]
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entreat
v : ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, adjure, press,
conjure]