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Definition of entreat verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

entreat

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪnˈtrit//
 
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they entreat
 
he / she / it entreats
 
past simple entreated
 
-ing form entreating
 
 
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to ask someone to do something in a serious and often emotional way synonym beg synonym implore entreat somebody Please help me, I entreat you. entreat somebody to do something She entreated him not to go. entreat (somebody) + speech “Please don't go,” she entreated (him).
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