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   Entreat , 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.]
   To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]
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   Fairly let her be entreated.
   Shak.
   
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   I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.
   Jer. xv. 11.
   
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   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.
   
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   I must entreat of you some of that money.
   Shak.
   
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   Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
   Poe.
   
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   Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife.
   Gen. xxv. 21.
   
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   To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
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   It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.
   Rogers.
   
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   To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] “Pleasures to entreat.”  
   Spenser.
   Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
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   Entreat, v. i.
   To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.]
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   Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.
   Hakewill.
   
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   Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them.
   1 Mac. x. 47.
   
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   To make an earnest petition or request.
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   The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
   Knolles.
   
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   Entreat, n. Entreaty. [Obs.]
   Ford.
   
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