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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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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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Entreat \En*treat"\, n.
Entreaty. [Obs.] --Ford.
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