entreated; entreating; entreats
1
: to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
entreated his boss for another chance
2
archaic
: to deal with : treat
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Examples of entreat in a Sentence
I entreat you to help me.
she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply
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Yet both Hindenburg and the sitting Chancellor, Franz von Papen, had been firm never-Hitler men, and naïvely entreated Hitler to recognize his own unsuitability for the role.
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—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 21 July 2024
The agency is also entreating the diagnostics industry to develop additional kinds of H5N1 tests, to broaden the nation’s portfolio of viral detection capabilities.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 July 2024
Yet both Hindenburg and the sitting Chancellor, Franz von Papen, had been firm never-Hitler men, and naïvely entreated Hitler to recognize his own unsuitability for the role.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
In his speech, Biden to his credit did entreat Republicans to set aside differences and pass essential legislation on a variety of issues.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Entreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entreat. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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