entreat
pronunciation
How to pronounce entreat in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtri:t]
How to pronounce entreat in American English:
US [ɛnˈtrit]
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- Verb:
- ask for or request earnestly
Word Origin
- entreat (v.)
- c. 1400, "to enter into negotiations," especially "discuss or arrange peace terms;" also "to treat (someone) in a certain way," from Anglo-French entretier, Old French entraiter "to treat," from en- "make" (see en- (1)) + traiter "to treat" (see treat (v.)). Meaning "to beseech, implore, plead with (someone)" is from early 15c.; meaning "to plead for (someone)" is from mid-15c. Related: Entreated; entreating.
Example
- 1. I entreat you - nay , I command you - to return to your own place .
- 2. To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly ; exhort .
- 3. To call on or entreat solemnly , especially by an oath .
- 4. They gathered outside the palace to entreat favours of the king .
- 5. Yet you entreat to bethe instrument of his vengeance ?