Meaning of Entreat | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of entreaty (“an act of asking earnestly or begging for something”); an appeal, a plea.

obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Let my entreats of Love prevail ſo far, / VVhen for your happineſſe they ſpoken are: / Be not a Captive to the vvorld, but be / One unto Heav'n, and that is to be free.”

“[…] I began a little chat with my fair companion, who remained standing, notwithstanding my repeated entreates that she would be seated.”

“In the Muslim world, the most compelling and decisive books are those full of confessions written on the flesh of victims, and the most earnest prayers are the entreats for mercy screamed in pain and anguish at the tormentors and flesh and thought.”

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