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Definition of entreat in English: entreatverbɛnˈtriːtɪnˈtriːt 1reporting verb Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. with object and infinitive his friends entreated him not to go Example sentencesExamples - Then turning toward the camera, he entreats: ‘Mr. Premier, in this final negotiation, offer nurses what you were prepared to pay for the Army.’
- Her voice had become soft and entreating, a voice she rarely allowed herself to use, for it made her sound vulnerable and weak, and she hated it.
- I believe he spoke to her for a long time, entreating, wondering, pleading, ordering, I suppose.
- His sentiment has become philosophical, as we are not cowed by caustic warnings but entreated with seductive and satisfying draftsmanship.
- She shook her head, and the lady's eyes grew more entreating.
- He did not know whether anything he could say in that chamber would be noticed by the people of the town; but he would like to entreat them to be very gentle and careful towards the ruins.
- ‘Now is the moment of maximum pressure, and the coalition must withstand it,’ it entreats.
- ‘Workers all over the world need our help’, he entreated.
- The Foundation cajoles, entreats, and I hope charms supporters into giving generously to make opinion pages better.
- ‘Why,’ she entreated after a moment, ‘does one so knowledgeable seek books on such evil?’
- It's also so jam-packed with pop culture references and media lampoons that it runs the risk of insulting or isolating the very audience it is trying to entreat.
- ‘Trust me,’ he entreats, ‘I'm a professional eye-reader.’
- And he entreated all to look beyond the immediate horror of the attacks for the reasons behind them.
- She very nearly rolled her eyes, but the tone of his voice was not threatening or arrogant - it was merely entreating, asking her to have faith.
- ‘We really ought to tell them we're weighed down with responsibility and not the carefree single girls we seem,’ I entreated.
- Perhaps you can entreat some strapping young lad into educating you in the ways of the world.
- Their brief incursion into the workforce during the war years was officially at an end and they were entreated to go home.
- He often sojourns there and woos the ‘niece’ of the abbess whom he entreats to come live with him and be his love.
- ‘Please, Adam,’ she entreated, trying another method.
- The nobleman entreats the blacksmith to accompany him on a sacred mission.
Synonyms implore, beseech, beg, plead with, supplicate, pray, ask, request bid, enjoin, appeal to, call on, petition, solicit exhort, urge, importune dated crave rare impetrate, obtest, obsecrate - 1.1with object Ask earnestly or anxiously for (something)
a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navahos Example sentencesExamples - Since Hezekiah feared the Lord and entreated his favor, Zion was not plowed under as a field.
- He had hung crude crosses and other charms all around his home and regularly recited the Magnificat, and he fervently entreated the protection of the Lady every night.
- However, may I be bold enough as to entreat your patience for yet another minute?
- No sounds were heard as they entreated entrance to the village.
- Her final plea that he entreat divine grace on her behalf can only be read, given the pains she took to equate divinity with intellect, as a request for intellectual freedom.
2archaic with object and adverbial Treat (someone) in a specified manner. the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'treat, act towards (someone)'; formerly also as intreat): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier 'to treat', from Latin tractare 'to handle'. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of entreat in US English: entreatverb 1reporting verb Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. with object and infinitive his friends entreated him not to go Example sentencesExamples - She shook her head, and the lady's eyes grew more entreating.
- ‘Why,’ she entreated after a moment, ‘does one so knowledgeable seek books on such evil?’
- It's also so jam-packed with pop culture references and media lampoons that it runs the risk of insulting or isolating the very audience it is trying to entreat.
- His sentiment has become philosophical, as we are not cowed by caustic warnings but entreated with seductive and satisfying draftsmanship.
- The nobleman entreats the blacksmith to accompany him on a sacred mission.
- Then turning toward the camera, he entreats: ‘Mr. Premier, in this final negotiation, offer nurses what you were prepared to pay for the Army.’
- ‘Trust me,’ he entreats, ‘I'm a professional eye-reader.’
- ‘Please, Adam,’ she entreated, trying another method.
- ‘We really ought to tell them we're weighed down with responsibility and not the carefree single girls we seem,’ I entreated.
- ‘Workers all over the world need our help’, he entreated.
- Their brief incursion into the workforce during the war years was officially at an end and they were entreated to go home.
- He often sojourns there and woos the ‘niece’ of the abbess whom he entreats to come live with him and be his love.
- He did not know whether anything he could say in that chamber would be noticed by the people of the town; but he would like to entreat them to be very gentle and careful towards the ruins.
- I believe he spoke to her for a long time, entreating, wondering, pleading, ordering, I suppose.
- Perhaps you can entreat some strapping young lad into educating you in the ways of the world.
- Her voice had become soft and entreating, a voice she rarely allowed herself to use, for it made her sound vulnerable and weak, and she hated it.
- The Foundation cajoles, entreats, and I hope charms supporters into giving generously to make opinion pages better.
- ‘Now is the moment of maximum pressure, and the coalition must withstand it,’ it entreats.
- She very nearly rolled her eyes, but the tone of his voice was not threatening or arrogant - it was merely entreating, asking her to have faith.
- And he entreated all to look beyond the immediate horror of the attacks for the reasons behind them.
Synonyms implore, beseech, beg, plead with, supplicate, pray, ask, request - 1.1with object Ask earnestly or anxiously for (something)
a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navajos Example sentencesExamples - Her final plea that he entreat divine grace on her behalf can only be read, given the pains she took to equate divinity with intellect, as a request for intellectual freedom.
- However, may I be bold enough as to entreat your patience for yet another minute?
- He had hung crude crosses and other charms all around his home and regularly recited the Magnificat, and he fervently entreated the protection of the Lady every night.
- Since Hezekiah feared the Lord and entreated his favor, Zion was not plowed under as a field.
- No sounds were heard as they entreated entrance to the village.
2archaic with object and adverbial Treat (someone) in a specified manner. the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act towards (someone)’; formerly also as intreat): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat’, from Latin tractare ‘to handle’. |