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.]
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Fairly let her be entreated. --Shak.
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I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. --Jer.
xv. 11.
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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.
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I must entreat of you some of that money. --Shak.
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Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber
door. --Poe.
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Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. --Gen. xxv.
21.
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3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by
prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
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It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom
no prayers could entreat. --Rogers.
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4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat."
--Spenser.
Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate.
See Beseech.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Entreat \En*treat"\, v. i.
1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations,
as for a treaty. [Obs.]
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Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.
--Hakewill.
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Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true
peace with them. --1 Mac. x.
47.
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2. To make an earnest petition or request.
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The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
--Knolles.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Entreat \En*treat"\, n.
Entreaty. [Obs.] --Ford.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
entreat
v : ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, adjure, press,
conjure]
WordNet (r) 2.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "entreat":
adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, blandish, call for help,
call on, call upon, clamor for, coax, conjure, crave, cry for,
cry on, cry to, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke,
kneel to, obtest, pester, plague, plead, plead for, pray, press,
run to, supplicate, urge, wheedle
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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bid: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Entreat is a live album by The Cure, recorded live in the Wembley Arena in London in July 1989. The album was first distributed as a promo in France to further promote the Disintegration album (1989), and contains tracks solely from that album. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entreat
adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press
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