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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King