Thesaurus: entreat

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1. v. t. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
2. v. t. 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. v. t. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
4. v. t. To invite; to entertain.
5. v. i. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
6. v. i. To make an earnest petition or request.
7. n. Entreaty.
8. v. ask for or request earnestly
9. v:100 v ask for or request earnestly