Associations to the word «Entreat»

Wiktionary

ENTREAT, noun. Alternative form of entreaty
ENTREAT, verb. (obsolete) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
ENTREAT, verb. 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, verb. To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
ENTREAT, verb. (obsolete) To invite; to entertain.
ENTREAT, verb. (obsolete) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
ENTREAT, verb. (obsolete) To make an earnest petition or request.

Dictionary definition

ENTREAT, verb. Ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley