Definition of "entreat" []

• To make an earnest request of. (verb-transitive)
• To ask for earnestly; petition for. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To deal with; treat. (verb-transitive)
• To make an earnest request or petition. See Synonyms at beg. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Do not therefore, I again entreat you, my dear friend, be uneasy."
• "‘Were it not an intrusion, sire, I would fain entreat a moment's audience. '"
• "Why did they have to "entreat" him, if he had come all the way from Boston for that purpose?"