| 释义 |
† enˈtreative, a. Obs.
Also in-.
[f. entreat + -ive.]
Of the nature of an entreaty; characterized by entreaty.
1607A. Brewer Lingua i. i. in Hazl. Dodsley IX. 341 And oft embellish'd my entreative phrase. 1650Don Bellianis 139 The Soldan would not free the Knight of the golden Image, and the Duke, by intreative means. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. viii. 100 All gentle, all intreative, my accent. |