bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
(verb) ask for or request earnestly; “The prophet bid all people to become good persons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
entreat (third-person singular simple present entreats, present participle entreating, simple past and past participle entreated)
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask for earnestly.
To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
(obsolete) To invite; to entertain.
(obsolete) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
(obsolete, intransitive) To make an earnest petition or request.
(obsolete, transitive) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
entreat (plural entreats)
(obsolete) An entreaty.
• Arnette, Ternate, ratteen, ternate
Source: Wiktionary
En*treat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.] Etym: [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.] Fairly let her be entreated. Shak. I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11.
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. I must entreat of you some of that money. Shak. Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe. Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21.
3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers.
4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat." Spenser.
Syn.
– To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
En*treat", v. i.
1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.] Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47.
2. To make an earnest petition or request. The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles.
En*treat", n.
Definition: Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
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