entreat
verb/ɪnˈtriːt/
/ɪnˈtriːt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they entreat | /ɪnˈtriːt/ /ɪnˈtriːt/ |
| he / she / it entreats | /ɪnˈtriːts/ /ɪnˈtriːts/ |
| past simple entreated | /ɪnˈtriːtɪd/ /ɪnˈtriːtɪd/ |
| past participle entreated | /ɪnˈtriːtɪd/ /ɪnˈtriːtɪd/ |
| -ing form entreating | /ɪnˈtriːtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtriːtɪŋ/ |
- 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).
Word Originlate 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’.Definitions on the go
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