Crossword clues for entreated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Entreat \En*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.]
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To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]
Fairly let her be entreated.
--Shak.I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.
--Jer. xv. 11. -
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. ``Entreat my wife to come.'' ``I do entreat your patience.''
--Shak.I must entreat of you some of that money.
--Shak.Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
--Poe.Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife.
--Gen. xxv. 21. -
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.
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To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] ``Pleasures to entreat.''
--Spenser.Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: entreat)
Usage examples of "entreated".
They had proceeded in this way near half an hour, when La Motte entreated to know wither he was going?
The inquiry renewed all her distress, and with tears she entreated for the present to be spared on the subject.
After some momentary silence, she renewed her assurances of kindness, and entreated Adeline to confide in her friendship.
Peter ventured to remonstrate, Madame La Motte entreated, but La Motte reproved——-commanded, and at length repented.
A thousand times I had entreated my father to take me home, but at first motives of prudence, and afterwards of avarice, prevented him.
Adeline felt confused at being thus seen with the Chevalier, and was hastening to join La Motte, but Theodore detained her, and entreated a moment's attention.
She recollected the serious earnestness of his voice and manner, when he entreated her to meet him.
When Madame La Motte withdrew, Adeline would have followed her, but the Marquis entreated a few moment's attention, and led her back to her seat.
Adeline turned pale——-she comprehended a part of the truth, and eagerly entreated him to proceed.
But again approaching, and addressing her in a gentle voice, he entreated her pardon for the step, which despair, and, as he called it, love had prompted.
Theodore entreated Adeline to alight and take some refreshment, and to this she at length consented.
As Theodore lifted Adeline from the chaise, he again entreated her to dismiss her apprehensions, and spoke with a tenderness, to which she could reply only by a smile that ill concealed her anxiety.
At length, she entreated he would drop the subject, and the conversation for the remainder of the day was more general, yet still interesting.
He drew his chair towards her, and, taking her hand, again entreated her pardon, and endeavoured in the tenderest accents to soothe and comfort her.
Adeline shrieked, held faster by Theodore's arm, and entreated the men not to part them.