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    en·treat
    [inˈtrēt, enˈtrēt]
    verb
    entreat (verb) · entreats (third person present) · entreated (past tense) · entreated (past participle) · entreating (present participle)
    1. ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something:
      "his friends entreated him not to go"
      • ask earnestly or anxiously for (something):
        "a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navajos"
    2. archaic
      treat (someone) in a specified manner:
      "the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act towards (someone)’; formerly also as intreat): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat’, from Latin tractare ‘to handle’.
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    Synonyms for entreated. appealed (to), begged, beseeched. (or besought), besieged, conjured, impetrated, implored,
    Definition of entreat verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to ask somebody to do something in a serious and often emotional way synonym beg, implore entreat somebody Please help me, I entreat you. entreat somebody to do something She entreated him not to go. entreat (somebody) + speech ‘Please don’t go,’ she entreated (him).
    To entreat is to ask for something that is really important, like when you entreat the jury to spare your life. The verb entreat implies that the person doing the entreating is really serious about what has to happen. Maybe it's even a matter of life and death, like when parents entreat their children to never drive drunk.
    How is the word entreat distinct from other similar verbs? Some common synonyms of entreat are adjure, beg, beseech, implore, importune, and supplicate. While all these words mean "to ask urgently," entreat implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance.