Entreat
21entreat earnestly — index petition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
22entreat persistently — index importune, pray Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
23entreat — verb Etymology: Middle English entreten, from Anglo French entreter, from en + treter to treat Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. obsolete a. negotiate b. intercede 2. to make an earnest request …
24entreat — verb a) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. “But I cannot persuade her to go away, my lady,” said the footman; “nor can any of the servants. Mrs. Fairfax is with her just now, entreating her to be gone; but she has taken a chair in …
25entreat — Synonyms and related words: adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, blandish, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, coax, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to, obtest,… …
26entreat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. request, beg, crave, pray, beseech, implore, supplicate, plead. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. beg, implore, supplicate, plead; see beg 1 . See Synonym Study at beg . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …
27entreat — en|treat [ ın trit ] verb transitive FORMAL to keep asking someone to do something in a way that shows you are worried and serious …
28entreat — en·treat || ɪn triËt v. intreat, plead, implore, beg …
29entreat — verb 1》 ask (someone) earnestly or anxiously to do something. ↘ask earnestly or anxiously for. 2》 archaic treat in a specified manner. Derivatives entreating adjective entreatingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. entraitier, based on traitier to… …
30entreat — v. a. Beg, crave, beseech, implore, supplicate, solicit, pray, importune, petition, enjoin, appeal to, prefer a prayer to. See adjure …
