entreat[verb]Synonyms: beg, appeal, beseech, crave, implore, importune, invoke, plead, pray, supplicate
Related Words: blandish,
coax,
wheedle,
pester,
plague,
press,
urge [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
en‧treat /ɪnˈtriːt/
verb [transitive] formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: entraitier, from traitier; ⇒ treat1]
to ask someone, in a very emotional way, to do something for you
Synonym : begentreat somebody to do something
His friends entreated him not to go. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲