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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
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