Definition of entreat Entreat

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We found 18 definitions of entreat from 6 different sources.

What does entreat mean?

Verb
entreat - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
		bid, beseech, adjure, press, conjure
		plead appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"

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

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

entreat
To plead with someone for help or for a favor; to request urgently or persistently.
entreat
To humbly plead with someone for help or for a favor.

entreat
en-trēt′, v.t. to ask earnestly: to beseech: to pray for: (orig.) to treat, to deal with—so in B.—v.i. to pray.—adjs. Entreat′able; Entreat′ful (Spens.); Entreat′ing, that entreats.—adv. Entreat′ingly, in an entreating manner: with solicitation.—adj. Entreat′ive, pleading.—ns. Entreat′ment, act of entreating: (Shak.) discourse; Entreat′y, act of entreating; earnest prayer. [O. Fr. entraiter—en, and traiter, to treat.]

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entreat in sign language