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entreat
[ en-treet ]
verb (used with object)
- to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
to entreat the judge for mercy.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to ask earnestly for (something):
He entreated help in his work.
verb (used without object)
- to make an earnest request or petition.
entreat
/ ɪˈٰː /
verb
- to ask (a person) earnestly; beg or plead with; implore
- to make an earnest request or petition for (something)
- an archaic word for treat
Derived Forms
- ˈٰپԲ, adverb
- ˈٰٳԳ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٰiԲ· adverb
- ·ٰmԳ noun
- ԴDze·ٰiԲ adjective
- non·ٰiԲ· adverb
- ܲe·ٰĻ adjective
- ܲe·ٰiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of entreat1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
That prompted the owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz, another local landmark, to print T-shirts and bumper stickers entreating fellow residents to “Keep Santa Cruz Weird.”
“Some of them didn’t know their way here,” said Bah, adding that she entreated them to participate despite their mistrust.
Corgan and company plan to release the album in three parts, and the first glimpse, “Beguiled,” entreats the listener to “return the faith” over a metallic palm-muted riff reminiscent of the band’s old days.
Wake up to joy, it entreats, before it’s too late.
In one, a Milanese lawyer asks the Vatican to intervene in favor of his Jewish clients; another is from nuns entreating the Vatican to help a family of Jews travel to the United States.
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