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Word: Entreat
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act towards (someone)’; formerly also as intreat): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat’, from Latin tractare ‘to handle’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈtriːt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛnˈtriːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
Short Definition:ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
Examples:- his friends entreated him not to go
Definition:
treat (someone) in a specified manner
Short Definition:treat someone in specified manner
Examples:- the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her
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