Definitions for entreat
ɛnˈtriten·treat

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjureverb

   ask for or request earnestly

   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. entreatverb

   To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

2. entreatverb

   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.

3. entreatverb

   To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

4. entreatverb

   To invite; to entertain.

5. entreatverb

   To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

6. entreatverb

   To make an earnest petition or request.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Entreatverb

   Etymology: traeter, French.

   1. To petition; to solicite; to importune.

   Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21.

   2. To prevail upon by solicitation.

   I have a wife, whom, I protect, I love;
   I would she were in heaven, so she could
   Entreat some pow’r to change this currish Jew. William Shakespeare.

   The Lord was entreated of him, and Rebecah his wife conceived. Gen. xxv. 21.

   It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power, whom no prayers could entreat, no repentance reconcile. John Rogers, Serm.

   3. To treat or use well or ill.

   Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil. Ecclus. vii. 20.

   Must you, sir John, protect my lady here?
   Entreat her not the worse in that I pray
   You use her well. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p.ii.

   Well I entreated her, who well deserv’d:
   I call’d her often; for she always serv’d:
   Use made her person easy to my sight,
   And ease insensibly produc’d delight. Matthew Prior.

   4. To entertain; to amuse.

   My lord, I must entreat the time alone.
   U —— God shield I should disturb devotion. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Juliet.

   5. To entertain; to receive.

   The garden of Proserpina this hight,
   And in the midst thereof a silver seat,
   With a thick arbour goodly overdight,
   In which she often us’d, from open heat,
   Herself to shroud, and pleasures to entreat. Fairy Queen.

2. To Entreatverb

   1. To offer a treaty or compact.

   Alexander was the first that entreated peace with them. 1 Mac. xvi. 47.

   2. To treat; to discourse.

   The most admirable mystery of nature is the turning of iron, touched with the loadstone, toward the North pole, of which I shall have farther occasion to entreat. George Hakewill.

   3. To make a petition.

   They charged me, on pain of perpetual displeasure, neither to speak of him, entreat for him, or any way sustain him. William Shakespeare.

   The Janizaries entreated for them, as valiant men. Richard Knolles.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Entreat

   Entreat is a live album by British alternative rock band The Cure, recorded at London's Wembley Arena in July 1989. It consists entirely of songs performed from the band's 1989 record Disintegration; while they were on their international Prayer tour. Entreat was distributed exclusively in France as a promotional tool. When bootlegs began to surface, however, the album was given a limited European release. Entreat was also given away free by HMV stores in the UK and Ireland to customers who purchased two CDs from the band's back catalogue. The last two tracks were released in 1989 as B-sides to the US version of "Lullaby". "Fascination Street", "Last Dance", "Prayers For Rain", and "Disintegration" were also included as B-sides on the "Pictures of You" CD single. The re-release of Disintegration in 2010 featured a remastered and remixed version of Entreat, entitled Entreat Plus because it featured all twelve songs from the album, including the four excluded from the original. It was the first time the album was released worldwide, though it had already been released on CD before.

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1. entreat

   To entreat is to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something, often implying a sense of urgency or desperation. It typically involves pleading or begging.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. Entreatverb

   to treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use

2. Entreatverb

   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

3. Entreatverb

   to beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade

4. Entreatverb

   to invite; to entertain

5. Entreatverb

   to treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty

6. Entreatverb

   to make an earnest petition or request

7. Entreatnoun

   entreaty

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Entreat

   Entreat is a live album by The Cure, recorded at London's Wembley Arena in July 1989. It consists entirely of songs performed from the band's 1989 record Disintegration; while they were on their international Prayer Tour. Entreat was distributed exclusively in France as a promotional tool. When bootlegs began to surface, however, the album was given a limited European release. "Entreat" was also given away free by HMV stores in the UK to customers who purchased two CDs from the band's back catalogue. The last two tracks were released in 1989 as b-sides to the US version of "Lullaby". "Fascination Street", "Last Dance", "Prayers For Rain", and "Disintegration" were also included as b-sides on the "Pictures of You" CD single. The re-release of Disintegration in 2010 featured a remastered and remixed version of Entreat, entitled Entreat Plus because it featured all twelve songs from the album, including the four excluded from the original. It was the first time the album was released worldwide, though it had already been released on CD before.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Entreat

   en-trēt′, v.t. to ask earnestly: to beseech: to pray for: (orig.) to treat, to deal with—so in B.—v.i. to pray.—adjs. Entreat′able; Entreat′ful (Spens.); Entreat′ing, that entreats.—adv. Entreat′ingly, in an entreating manner: with solicitation.—adj. Entreat′ive, pleading.—ns. Entreat′ment, act of entreating: (Shak.) discourse; Entreat′y, act of entreating; earnest prayer. [O. Fr. entraiter—en, and traiter, to treat.]

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Anagrams for entreat »

1. ternate

2. tetrane

3. ratteen

4. tarente

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of entreat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of entreat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of entreat in a Sentence

1. Charlotte Brontë:

   You -- poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are -- I entreat to accept me as a husband.

2. Patrick O'Brian:

   If you really must beat the measure, sir, let me entreat you to do so in time, and not half a beat ahead.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=entreat
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Entreat
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=entreat
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entreat
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entreat
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=entreat
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=entreat