Entreat

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENTREATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ENTREATING.] [Prefix en and treat, q. v.] 1. To treat or conduct toward; to deal with; to use or manage. I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil. Jer. xv. 11. 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. Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21. 3. To prevail on by prayer or solicitation; to persuade by entreaty. It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers. 4. To entertain; to receive. [Obs.] “Pleasures to entreat.” Spenser. Syn.—To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See BESEECH.

1Sense 1. To treat or discourse, as upon a subject; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill.

Alexander was the first that entreated of peace with them. Mac. x. 47.

2Sense 2. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles.

n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.