Entreating

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entreat \En*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entreated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Entreating}.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF.
     entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat.
     See {Treat}.]
     1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]


  
              Fairly let her be entreated.          --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. --Jer.
                                                    xv. 11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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 my wife to
        come." "I do entreat your patience." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I must entreat of you some of that money. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber
              door.                                 --Poe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. --Gen. xxv.
                                                    21.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by
        prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom
              no prayers could entreat.             --Rogers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat."
        --Spenser.
  
     Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate.
          See {Beseech}.
          [1913 Webster]