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Entreat
Entreat En*treat", v. i.
1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations,
as for a treaty. [Obs.]
Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.
--Hakewill.
Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true
peace with them. --1 Mac. x.
47.
2. To make an earnest petition or request.
The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
--Knolles.
EntreatEntreat 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.]
Fairly let her be entreated. --Shak.
I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. --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. ``Entreat my wife to
come.' ``I do entreat your patience.' --Shak.
I must entreat of you some of that money. --Shak.
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber
door. --Poe.
Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. --Gen. xxv.
21.
3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by
prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom
no prayers could entreat. --Rogers.
4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] ``Pleasures to entreat.'
--Spenser.
Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate.
See Beseech. Entreat
Entreat En*treat", n.
Entreaty. [Obs.] --Ford.
Meaning of Entreat from wikipedia
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Entreat is a live
album by
English rock band the Cure,
recorded at London's
Wembley Arena in July 1989. It
consists entirely of
songs performed from the...
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Gently My
Songs Entreat (German:
Leise flehen meine Lieder) is a 1933 Austrian-German
musical film
directed by
Willi Forst and
starring Marta Eggerth...
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therefore delivers them into the
hands of
their enemies; the
people repent and
entreat Yahweh for mercy,
which he
sends in the form of a
leader or
champion (a...
- a 25-day siege, the Banu
Qurayza surrendered. The
Muslims of Banu Aws
entreated Muhammad for leniency,
prompting him to
suggest that one of
their own...
- Fizzarotti. It is an
unofficial remake of the 1933 film
Gently My
Songs Entreat by
Willi Forst. Al Bano as
Franz Schubert Romina Power as Anna Roskoff...
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abducted the fisherman's soul,
leaving his body unconscious. His
friends entreated a
bomoh (shaman) to heal him. When the
bomoh conducted the
healing ritual...
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Naomi entreating Ruth and
Orpah to
return to the land of Moab, by
William Blake...
- him for his past
offences "and if he
could not
soften their hearts, to
entreat them at
least to
allow him the
prefecture of Egypt".
Suetonius reports...
- as he
awaits trial. Richie,
frustrated with Tony's
authority over him,
entreats Junior to have Tony killed.
Junior feigns interest, then
informs Tony of...
- of 1989 at the Brit Awards. The Cure also
released a live
album titled Entreat (1991),
which compiled songs entirely off
Disintegration from
their performance...
