entreatv.

Brit.

/ᵻnˈtriːt/,

/ɛnˈtriːt/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈtrit/,

/ɛnˈtrit/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s entrede, Middle English–1500s entreete, Middle English–1600s entreate, Middle English–1600s entrete, Middle English– entreat, 1500s entreacte; also Scottish pre-1700 entraite, pre-1700 entrate, pre-1700 entreit, pre-1700 entreitt, pre-1700 entriet.

β. Middle English intret (past tense), Middle English intrett, 1500s intrait, 1500s intreete, 1500s intrete, 1500s–1600s intrate, 1500s–1600s intreatt, 1500s–1900s intreat (archaic in later use), 1500s–1600s (1800s nonstandard) intreate; also Scottish pre-1700 intraict, pre-1700 intrait, pre-1700 intreat (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 intreatt, pre-1700 intreit (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 intreit, pre-1700 intret, pre-1700 intritt.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entraiter.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman entraiter, entreiter, entreter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French entraiter, Middle French entraictier to have a conversation with a person (13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation), to deal with (a matter) (late 13th cent. or earlier), in Anglo-Norman also to negotiate (a matter), to negotiate with (a person), to hold talks about a matter (all early 14th cent. or earlier), to treat (a person) in a specified manner (early 14th cent. or earlier) < en- en- prefix¹ + traiter treat v. Compare earlier treat v. and later entreaty v.Specific senses. The senses of branch II. apparently lack parallels in French; compare treat v. 3a. Specific forms. With the β. forms (which in later use occur only in senses 3, 8a, and 7b as an archaism) compare in- prefix¹. Forms with medial -ct- show remodelling after classical Latin tractāre (see treat v.); compare Middle French (rare) entracter, entraictier (both 15th cent.).

†I. To negotiate; to treat, deal with.

a. intransitive. To enter into a negotiation or negotiations with a view to settling terms; to discuss terms of settlement. Often with of (also about, for) and noun denoting the matter negotiated. Also occasionally transitive: to negotiate (a matter). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with

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entreaty1523

practise1538

trade1553

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temporize1587

relate1631

tryst1637

truckle1909

α.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24795 To entrete of þe pais be-twix him & þa danais.

1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 33 (MED) The maters be twene my seide lord and the Deane..sholde be entreted here at home.

c1475 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Caius) l. 6676 (MED) So longe they haue entreted so..That all they accorded bee.

a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 27 That wille speke and entrete withe ther enemyes.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxxv. 219 Bytwene these parties entreated for a peace, the archbysshoppe of Senns..the lorde of Saynt Venant.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xliiij In the assemblie at Norinberge..the Princes entreated of peace.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. vi. 10 Being sent vnto you from the Germane campe, to entreat of the common profit and good.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 119 To entreat with him of peace.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. x. 252 The Delawares, and the Shawnees, came to light the council-fire, to smoke the calumet, and to entreat for peace.

1872 E. M. Ruttenber Hist. Indian Tribes Hudson's River vi. 137 The Indians..now most earnestly entreated for peace, and again obtained the intercession of neighbouring chiefs in their behalf.

β. c1450 (c1425) Brut (Cambr. Kk.1.12) 389 (MED) Þe abbey intret, and was yolde vnto þe king.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.iiij She was intreatynge to mary an nother husbande.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 664 And this mariage agreed vpon (which semeth more likely to be intreated of then concluded).1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 419 Attilius Regulus..being..sent to Rome vpon his faith to intreat about a peace.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iv. 8 Ile send some holy Bishop to intreat . 1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. II. xi. 100 He intreated for peace, but in vain.

b. transitive. To negotiate or engage in discussion with (a person). Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about > hold discussion with

entreat1523

interview1548

parley1611

parle1635

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxix. 307 So they entreated the sayd Companyons, and offred them golde.

2. Of a speaker, writer, book, etc.

a. intransitive. To deal with or give an account of a matter. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1870) l. 630 Now wol I speke of oþes false and grete A word or tuo as oþer bookes entrete [c1405 Hengwrt as olde bokes trete].

c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 5 As towchinge the situation thereof hereafter..I meane to entreate in places convenient.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. x. sig. R iij Although it would seeme I had entreated sufficiently.

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 4 in Jewell House Wherevpon Valetius entreateth in this maner.

b. intransitive. With of, upon. To deal with or give an account of a specified matter. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > write treatise about or treat of [verb (transitive)]

writeOE

handleOE

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pertract1542

overharl1568

entracta1572

to speak to ——1610

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 274 (MED) Of this Ram my purpos is tentrete.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 3387 Entrete of sunne, moone & sterris.

1536 T. Revel tr. F. Lambert Summe Christianitie sig. ✠.i^v These thynges folowynge be intreated vpon in 385 paradoxes or questyons.

1548 J. Veron in tr. H. Bullinger Holsome Antidotus sig. P.iv Thou shalte haue the seconde Booke, whiche entreate vpon as many thynges as this Booke doeth.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lxxxiii. 364 Of which wee shall speake..when wee intreate of paring and shooing.

1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 334 In what measure our humanity is to be extended, the fourth and last thing propos'd to be entreated of.

1694 A. Clogie Vox Corvi 3 That which Chrysostom hath in his Entrance to entreat upon this Epistle, seems to me not untruly, nor unfitly said.

3. transitive. To treat, deal with, act towards (a person or animal) in a specified manner. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards

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to deal witha1400

treatc1400

to do to ——a1425

entreat?a1425

handc1440

ferea1450

entertain1490

ray1509

to do unto ——?1523

tract1548

deal1573

to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591

play1597

to comport with1675

to behave towards or to1754

usen1814

α.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 63 (MED) Oure lord..was scorged & vileyusly entreted.

1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxlviii. sig. u8 The othir Capitayns were..entreated as men of warre bene acustomed.

a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 127 So betyn, so woundyd, Entretyd so fuly.

1551 N. Wotton in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) V. 6 My aunt, her mother, was evil entreated by the king that dead is.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxxi. 163 [The Pope] ill entreated and imprisoned his [sc. Frederick's] messengers.

a1744 W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line (1984) 302 Abusing their Women and Evil-entreating their Men.

1755 B. Franklin Parable against Persecution in Writings (1987) 421 Abraham..sought diligently for the Man, and found him,..when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the Morrow with Gifts.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 62 Their authors..spitefully entreated as monomaniacs.

1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper 233 So buffeted, so rudely entreated by his own kind.

1923 J. Buchan Midwinter (1924) x. 159 I have brought a friend... See that you entreat him well and do his biddings.

β. 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 310 In good feyth I haue ben symply intretyd amonge them.1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av^v To..intrete euery persone..accordynge to theyr degre and hauour.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 139 The Rammes..rather couette the olde Ewes, then the young, because they be easlyer to be intreated.1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 153 Intreating whole troopes of Prince Maurices as friendes.1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxviii. 169 Shee [sc. the ship] fell over vpon that side suddenly, intreating many of them (which were in her) very badly.1718 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 52 They ought to be well used and Civilly Intreated.1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 277 Intent to beat, wound, and evilly intreat Jasper Yeates and William Bradford.1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 771/2 This cominge on me lyke a last Buffett of Fate, that She shoude so despitefully intreate me.

a. transitive. To deal with, treat, handle (a subject, question, etc.). Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > tackle or proceed to deal with

entreat?a1450

overtakea1500

to go on ——1508

take1523

to go about ——?1533

to set upon ——1555

fall1589

to turn one's hand1628

to take to task1649

tackle1847

to take on1898

α.

?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 61 (MED) Schortely tentrete the substawnce of þe storye.

a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Cambr. Gg.1.16) (1997) iii. liii. 125 O, what suffre I wiþinforþe, whiles I entrete hevonly þinges in my mynde.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii As say y^e doctours entreatynge this gospell, & her lyfe.

1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iii. sig. S In this thyrde booke shall be entreatyd what is to be done to the infant borne.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 540 To entreat or handle, tractare.

1702 J. Howe Self-dedic. 12 This must be the Sense of the sincere Soul, intreating the Matter of its Self-surrender, and Dedication, with the great God.

β. 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. C.iiii It shuld be to long to intreate, howe the chyldren of lyght are ingendred.a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 58 Yf they juge be hys frend whose cause ys intretyd.1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Aaa.i^v That house of God..wherein be intreated the Sacramentes and misteries of our redemption.1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 184 Musick cannot be intreated or taught without the knowledge of all other sciences.1611 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 6 Such as failzie to mak the Exerceis, Additioune, or intreat the Commoune-Head of doctrine.

b. transitive. To occupy oneself with. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about

fanda1375

entermetea1393

deala1400

makea1400

apply?c1400

to have in occupation?1523

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to consist in1606

tirea1616

stickle1647

to be in the business of1873

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S8^v A thick Arber..In which she often vsd from open heat Her selfe to shroud, and pleasures to entreat.

c. transitive. Apparently: to spend or pass (time). Obsolete.Most later editions accept the earlier variant reading cited in quot. a1616, which shows sense 7b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > pleasantly

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smile1803

to round off1824

a1616 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet (1623) iv. i. 40 My Lord you [1597, 1599, 1609 we] must intreat the time alone.

II. To plead, ask.

5. intransitive. With for. To intercede or plead on behalf of someone. Now rare.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)]

entreata1425

mediate1578

to put ina1616

to speak up1705

α.

a1425 in M. Day Wheatley MS (1921) 73 Late mercy for us so now entrete.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiiii^v He wyll make other persons to..perswade & entreate for hym.

1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 33 Christ is our aduocate & entreateth for vs, or pleadeth for vs..to releaue our wantes in edification.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. viii. 9 When shall I entreat for thee?

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xxix. 195/1 The woman, as one that loves her Husband, goes..to the Governor to entreat for him.

1733 S. Chandler Second Let. W. Berriman 41 Eusebius had sent different persons to him [sc. the Emperor] to entreat for him.

1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 66 He shall die, the rather and the sooner that thou dost entreat for him.

1844 E. M. Sewell Amy Herbert II. xxvi. 113 I must run directly, and speak to mamma: she will entreat for her.

1892 ‘C. Annesley’ Standard-Operaglass (rev. ed.) 240 Solomon..has changed the verdict of death into that of exile. Sulamith, faithful and gentle, entreats for her lover.

2007 J. R. Williams Holy Ghost 26 The Holy Ghost entreats for us,..goes in for us, pleads our case.

β. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xiii. A Wil ye accepte y^e personne of God, and intreate for him?1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear x. 6 They..charg'd me..neither to speake of him, Intreat for him, nor any way sustaine him. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 73 I will neuer haue her, vnlesse thou intreat for her. 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park v. ii. 54 If you have any value for a Woman, let me intreat for him.

†6. transitive. To persuade, induce, or influence; to prevail upon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > by entreaty

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entreatc1425

overtreata1547

over-entreat1627

request1632

beseecha1718

α.

c1425 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 41 (MED) Yf he koude entrete hym to an ende resonable.

1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 390 (MED) Þe Kyng..wold put hym effectuely in hys devoir to entrete hys..soubgetz..that for rasonable recompense..the wold be agreed to departe fro thair..possessyons.

1551 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 13 And he was entreated of hym & herd his praier.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Xx.iv A dogge, that would be entreated and hyred with part of the pray, to suffer the Wolves to werry the shepe.

1593 Prodigal Son i. 91 Ah my beloved son, be entreated, and go not hence.

1626 H. Roborough Balme from Gilead 107 When Dauid humbling himselfe, sought the Lord, hee was entreated, and the plague ceased.

1782 C. Wesley Let. 13 Mar. in S. T. Kimbrough C. Wesley: Poet & Theologian (1992) 83 My friend's longer or shorter continuance here will depend chiefly on his adviseableness. He is..a mule by nature: but is become..easy to be entreated.

β. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 768 Howbeit..she could in no wise be intreated with her good wyll to delyuer him.1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 241 For he is a man full of affabilitie..and easie to be intreated.1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. A5 This should intreat your highnesse to reioice.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Indeprecable, that will not be intreated, or moved to yeeld.1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne i. 4 God was intreated and Moses prevailed.1725 New Canting Dict. at Bacon The usual Excuse of affected People..who want to be much intreated.

a. intransitive. To appeal, plead, or beg for a favour, concession, etc.; to ask earnestly or beg for something. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > for something

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aska1200

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inquire?a1513

beg1576

incall1591

urgea1616

woo1615

clamour1651

to call on ——1721

tout1731

spell1790

1427 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A.54.1a My worshipfull ffadir..for my hasty deliuerance has so entretid.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. 636 The..assemble of Souldiours by him, could signifie no peace, nor treatie of concorde: except a man should saye, that intreating for fauour with naked sworde in hande, were an humble submission and a meeke request.

1579 E. Bicknoll Sword against Swearyng f. 38 All penitent sinners, that in Christes name aske and entreate for forgeuenesse.

1620 J. Norden Poore Mans Rest (ed. 8) 321 I..present and humble my selfe before thee, humbly begging and intreating for fauour and mercy at thy hands.

1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 265 Like sturdy Beggars, that intreat For Charity at once, and threat.

1723 J. Morgan tr. M. Rabadan Mahometism Explained I. ii. 54 As our first Father did, intreating for Pardon.

1757 Test 14 May 152 My bookseller..still entreated for a touch of humour.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 645 The prisoners entreated for their release.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well (1824) II. xix. 233 She owned she had heard her moan bitterly, as she entreated for admission.

1902 G. O. Draper Searching for Truth viii. 233 The present religious forms..are..limited in their active interference to christening at birth,..closing the grave and entreating for church attendance at least once a week.

1910 G. Lagden Basutos I. xi. 149 Great efforts were being made to collect the fine and to entreat for more time.

2007 A. D. Sawyer & J. E. Bachrach M.S. Recovery Diet viii. 128 After yelling or crying or quietly entreating for help in finding charity and courage I surrendered in relief to the sleep that followed.

b. transitive. To make an earnest or humble request for (something); to ask earnestly or humbly for; to beseech, implore, beg for. Chiefly with clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)]

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I will thank you to do so-and-so1813

quest1897

to hit a person up for1917

α.

1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον Ded. (Miscellanea) f. 4 Otho entreated that there myght bee a Counsell assembled at Mantua for the appeasing of the scisme.

1596 T. Cartwright & J. Throckmorton Brief Apologie sig. B3 He sent by Mr Hockenhull to entreate that he might come to me into the Fleete.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 120 I..doe entreat Thou pardon me my wrongs.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour Prol. So, standing only on his good Behaviour, He's very civil, and entreats your Favour.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 200 He entreated that they would elect such, in particular, as had, [etc.].

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. x. 287 I entreat you will speak explicitly.

1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore 443 Alidor..enters and entreats to be presented to the magic queen.

1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 94 To entreat of the gods what they will not give.

1904 Leslie's Monthly Mag. Nov. 52/2 ‘Let me see your face again,’ he entreated.

1938 M. Mitchell Let. 18 Apr. in Gone with Wind Lett. (1986) 194 The other three urged, pleaded and entreated that he sit down.

2008 New Yorker 14 Apr. 68/2 New Yorkers have a chance to absorb our new geo-spiritual fate, as provincials in a world of creative paradigms that no longer entreat our favor.

β. 1572 Ld. Burleigh in D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 334 With some sweet minatories, he intrated that he might be staied.1590 W. Raleigh Lett. (1999) 54 That I might intreat your favoure for his admittaunce.a1600 Creation in Evergreen (1761) I. 166 The serpent..persuadit me..Intreiting, be eiting, That we suld be perfyte.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3^v Our tyred limbes..intreat soft rest.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlv. 12 The rich among the people shall intreate thy fauour. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler Ep. Ded. To intreat that they [sc. former favours] may be enlarged to the patronage..of this Book. 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 496 I intreat therefore y^t you would insert it in y^e Post-Boy.1787 T. Holcroft Seduction i. xiv. 11 She seemed to way-lay me, and, with moving look, and melting eye, intreat compassion.1836 C. Simeon Let. 9 Aug. in W. Carus Mem. Life C. Simeon (1847) xxxiii. 794 I intreat the favour of you to remember at the throne of grace one, who [etc.].

a. transitive. To make an earnest or humble request to (a person); to ask earnestly or humbly; to beseech, implore, beg. Chiefly with infinitive or direct speech as complement expressing the thing asked for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore

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implorea1616

deprecate1624

beg1675

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fleech1718

impetrate1881

α.

c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 750 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 321 (MED) Whan that the lawe is streit and rigerous, Entrete the iuge to shew the fauour.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. l/2 Wherfore he entredyd the sayde Brydge Maysters of Respyte in the mater.

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. R.6 To entreate the iudge..what thynges he may do sauyng his conscience.

1618 A. Munday tr. Third Bk. Amadis of Gaule vi. 66/2 I humbly entreate your Maiesty, to licence my departure to morrow morning.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 5 Ile not entreat you for my sake to stay.

1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton III. 271 She entreated me not to mention what had happened.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 265 Ask me no questions, I entreat you.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 384 Let me entreat you once more to take my advice and escape.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 212/2 A song was sung, in which the god was entreated to be propitious in the coming year.

1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. xxxi. 154 For the sake of your family, go away, I entreat you, Campbell.

2014 Daily Tel. 13 June (Business section) 2/4 Almost weekly, I receive a PR pitch entreating me to write about ‘mumpreneurs’.

β. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxv They haue ofte intreated you, sometime by their Ambassadours, and somtime in their own persons.1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 94 They promised to Intreate the King for him.1611 Bible (King James) Exod. viii. 8 Intreat the Lord, that hee may take away the frogges from me. 1634 in F. Hargrave Compl. Coll. State Trials (1776) I. 472 Before he had ended it, he said to the Deponer, Mr. John, I intreat you.1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. 59 I intreat my Reader to think.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋19 All whom I intreat to sing are troubled with colds.1792 Munchhausen's Trav. xxiii. 97 Intreating me to assist in the war against Russia.1839 Northern Star 11 Mar. 2/6 We intreat you to shake off that apathy and timidity.

b. intransitive. To appeal, plead, beg.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore

beseech?c1225

praya1250

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pursuec1390

implore?a1513

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entreat1593

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oratec1600

contest1607

deprecate1626

imprecatea1645

obtest1650

prig1700

special-plead1814

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1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Bij^v Still she intreats, and prettily intreats, For to a prettie eare she tunes her tale. Still is he sullen.

1657 O. Sedgwick Riches of Grace 55 What could Christ do more? he calls, and crys, and knocks, and entreats, and waits, and weeps, and yet you will not accept of him.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. (C)2^v Then she disdains and threatens, and again is humble, and intreats; and nothing availing, despairs, curses, and at last becomes her own Executioner.

1807 tr. G. Reinbeck Trav. from St. Petersburgh xl. 134 We supplicated, entreated, offered money, and uttered threats, but all in vain.

1856 Putnam's Monthly Sept. 235/1 A pleading, piteous expression that seemed to beg and entreat without a spoken word.

1920 J. S. Kennard Goldoni & Venice of his Time viii. 299 Rosaura makes the most of her opportunity for pleading her own cause; she entreats without ever exceeding the limits of maidenly modesty.

2011 W. A. Gleason Sites Unseen ii. 86 Rising from his ‘massive arm-chair’.., Murchison entreats and threatens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	entreat
释义	† entreatn. Forms: α. late Middle English–1500s entrete, 1500s 1800s entreate, 1600s entreat. β. 1500s–1600s intreat, 1500s–1700s intreate. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: entreat v. Etymology: < entreat v. Compare earlier entreating n., entreaty n.With the β. forms compare in- prefix¹. Obsolete. 1. Negotiation; intervention. Cf. entreaty n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > negotiating or making terms bargain1330 treatyc1405 overture1427 chafferingc1449 treatingc1450 entreat1485 patising1530 practice1540 articulating1562 capitulation1569 entreatance1574 tractation1600 interdealing1611 negotiation1614 tractate1618 haggling1632 traffickinga1649 bargaining1669 conditioning1680 transacting1686 higgling1700 stipulation1792 treatment1828 haggle1829 coming to terms1843 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. ii. sig. aij The kyng put alle the trust in Vlfyus to entrete bitwene them so by the entrete at the last the kyng & she met to gyder. 2. An entreaty, a supplication. Also occasionally: the action of entreating someone, entreaty. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty halsingc825 bisocnea1250 beseechinga1300 scritha1325 adjurementa1382 obsecrationa1382 supplication1417 jurationc1425 treatyc1450 treatise1470 entreatya1530 obtestation1531 entreat1532 greetc1540 entreature?1548 supplicamusa1580 treat1601 beseech1609 instant1610 impetration1618 solicit1639 entreatment1825 plea1925 1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. ccxxx These two partes as nat nedyng our intreates. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 25^v By great entreate and humble sute. 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. F3 Vse no intreats, I will relentlesse rest. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 14 I..with all the intreates that I could frame, perswaded him to entertaine that seruant of mine. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xlv. 4 At his entreat The wonders ceas'd. 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 149 Let my entreats of Love prevail so far, When for your happinesse they spoken are. 1715 Post Boy 15 Mar. We are not without hopes, that the reiterated Intreates of the Primate and the Palatinates will oblige him to consent to the Summoning of a General Dyer. 1799 London Packet 24 June A party of Russians,..in spite of all his intreates, inhumanly butchered both him and his family. 1817 Ladies' Monthly Museum Mar. 124 My fair companion..remained standing, notwithstanding my repeated entreates that she would be seated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). entreatv. Brit. /ᵻnˈtriːt/, /ɛnˈtriːt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtrit/, /ɛnˈtrit/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s entrede, Middle English–1500s entreete, Middle English–1600s entreate, Middle English–1600s entrete, Middle English– entreat, 1500s entreacte; also Scottish pre-1700 entraite, pre-1700 entrate, pre-1700 entreit, pre-1700 entreitt, pre-1700 entriet. β. Middle English intret (past tense), Middle English intrett, 1500s intrait, 1500s intreete, 1500s intrete, 1500s–1600s intrate, 1500s–1600s intreatt, 1500s–1900s intreat (archaic in later use), 1500s–1600s (1800s nonstandard) intreate; also Scottish pre-1700 intraict, pre-1700 intrait, pre-1700 intreat (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 intreatt, pre-1700 intreit (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 intreit, pre-1700 intret, pre-1700 intritt. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entraiter. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman entraiter, entreiter, entreter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French entraiter, Middle French entraictier to have a conversation with a person (13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation), to deal with (a matter) (late 13th cent. or earlier), in Anglo-Norman also to negotiate (a matter), to negotiate with (a person), to hold talks about a matter (all early 14th cent. or earlier), to treat (a person) in a specified manner (early 14th cent. or earlier) < en- en- prefix¹ + traiter treat v. Compare earlier treat v. and later entreaty v.Specific senses. The senses of branch II. apparently lack parallels in French; compare treat v. 3a. Specific forms. With the β. forms (which in later use occur only in senses 3, 8a, and 7b as an archaism) compare in- prefix¹. Forms with medial -ct- show remodelling after classical Latin tractāre (see treat v.); compare Middle French (rare) entracter, entraictier (both 15th cent.). †I. To negotiate; to treat, deal with. 1. a. intransitive. To enter into a negotiation or negotiations with a view to settling terms; to discuss terms of settlement. Often with of (also about, for) and noun denoting the matter negotiated. Also occasionally transitive: to negotiate (a matter). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with bargainc1375 deal1393 entreata1400 entreaty1523 practise1538 trade1553 transact1584 temporize1587 relate1631 tryst1637 truckle1909 α. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24795 To entrete of þe pais be-twix him & þa danais. 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 33 (MED) The maters be twene my seide lord and the Deane..sholde be entreted here at home. c1475 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Caius) l. 6676 (MED) So longe they haue entreted so..That all they accorded bee. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 27 That wille speke and entrete withe ther enemyes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxxv. 219 Bytwene these parties entreated for a peace, the archbysshoppe of Senns..the lorde of Saynt Venant. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xliiij In the assemblie at Norinberge..the Princes entreated of peace. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. vi. 10 Being sent vnto you from the Germane campe, to entreat of the common profit and good. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 119 To entreat with him of peace. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. x. 252 The Delawares, and the Shawnees, came to light the council-fire, to smoke the calumet, and to entreat for peace. 1872 E. M. Ruttenber Hist. Indian Tribes Hudson's River vi. 137 The Indians..now most earnestly entreated for peace, and again obtained the intercession of neighbouring chiefs in their behalf. β. c1450 (c1425) Brut (Cambr. Kk.1.12) 389 (MED) Þe abbey intret, and was yolde vnto þe king.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.iiij She was intreatynge to mary an nother husbande.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 664 And this mariage agreed vpon (which semeth more likely to be intreated of then concluded).1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 419 Attilius Regulus..being..sent to Rome vpon his faith to intreat about a peace.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iv. 8 Ile send some holy Bishop to intreat . View more context for this quotation1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. II. xi. 100 He intreated for peace, but in vain. b. transitive. To negotiate or engage in discussion with (a person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about > hold discussion with entreat1523 interview1548 parley1611 parle1635 view1676 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxix. 307 So they entreated the sayd Companyons, and offred them golde. 2. Of a speaker, writer, book, etc. a. intransitive. To deal with or give an account of a matter. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1870) l. 630 Now wol I speke of oþes false and grete A word or tuo as oþer bookes entrete [c1405 Hengwrt as olde bokes trete]. c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 5 As towchinge the situation thereof hereafter..I meane to entreate in places convenient. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. x. sig. R iij Although it would seeme I had entreated sufficiently. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 4 in Jewell House Wherevpon Valetius entreateth in this maner. b. intransitive. With of, upon. To deal with or give an account of a specified matter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > write treatise about or treat of [verb (transitive)] writeOE handleOE treatc1325 treatc1374 entreatc1425 treatise1506 tract1529 pertract1542 overharl1568 entracta1572 to speak to ——1610 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 274 (MED) Of this Ram my purpos is tentrete. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 3387 Entrete of sunne, moone & sterris. 1536 T. Revel tr. F. Lambert Summe Christianitie sig. ✠.i^v These thynges folowynge be intreated vpon in 385 paradoxes or questyons. 1548 J. Veron in tr. H. Bullinger Holsome Antidotus sig. P.iv Thou shalte haue the seconde Booke, whiche entreate vpon as many thynges as this Booke doeth. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lxxxiii. 364 Of which wee shall speake..when wee intreate of paring and shooing. 1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 334 In what measure our humanity is to be extended, the fourth and last thing propos'd to be entreated of. 1694 A. Clogie Vox Corvi 3 That which Chrysostom hath in his Entrance to entreat upon this Epistle, seems to me not untruly, nor unfitly said. 3. transitive. To treat, deal with, act towards (a person or animal) in a specified manner. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards ateec1000 leadc1175 makec1175 farec1230 beleadc1275 dightc1275 beseec1300 servec1300 treatc1374 usea1382 proceeda1393 demean1393 to deal witha1400 treatc1400 to do to ——a1425 entreat?a1425 handc1440 ferea1450 entertain1490 ray1509 to do unto ——?1523 tract1548 deal1573 to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591 play1597 to comport with1675 to behave towards or to1754 usen1814 α. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 63 (MED) Oure lord..was scorged & vileyusly entreted. 1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxlviii. sig. u8 The othir Capitayns were..entreated as men of warre bene acustomed. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 127 So betyn, so woundyd, Entretyd so fuly. 1551 N. Wotton in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) V. 6 My aunt, her mother, was evil entreated by the king that dead is. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxxi. 163 [The Pope] ill entreated and imprisoned his [sc. Frederick's] messengers. a1744 W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line (1984) 302 Abusing their Women and Evil-entreating their Men. 1755 B. Franklin Parable against Persecution in Writings (1987) 421 Abraham..sought diligently for the Man, and found him,..when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the Morrow with Gifts. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 62 Their authors..spitefully entreated as monomaniacs. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper 233 So buffeted, so rudely entreated by his own kind. 1923 J. Buchan Midwinter (1924) x. 159 I have brought a friend... See that you entreat him well and do his biddings. β. 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 310 In good feyth I haue ben symply intretyd amonge them.1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av^v To..intrete euery persone..accordynge to theyr degre and hauour.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 139 The Rammes..rather couette the olde Ewes, then the young, because they be easlyer to be intreated.1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 153 Intreating whole troopes of Prince Maurices as friendes.1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxviii. 169 Shee [sc. the ship] fell over vpon that side suddenly, intreating many of them (which were in her) very badly.1718 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 52 They ought to be well used and Civilly Intreated.1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 277 Intent to beat, wound, and evilly intreat Jasper Yeates and William Bradford.1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 771/2 This cominge on me lyke a last Buffett of Fate, that She shoude so despitefully intreate me. 4. a. transitive. To deal with, treat, handle (a subject, question, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > tackle or proceed to deal with entreat?a1450 overtakea1500 to go on ——1508 take1523 to go about ——?1533 to set upon ——1555 fall1589 to turn one's hand1628 to take to task1649 tackle1847 to take on1898 α. ?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 61 (MED) Schortely tentrete the substawnce of þe storye. a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Cambr. Gg.1.16) (1997) iii. liii. 125 O, what suffre I wiþinforþe, whiles I entrete hevonly þinges in my mynde. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii As say y^e doctours entreatynge this gospell, & her lyfe. 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iii. sig. S In this thyrde booke shall be entreatyd what is to be done to the infant borne. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 540 To entreat or handle, tractare. 1702 J. Howe Self-dedic. 12 This must be the Sense of the sincere Soul, intreating the Matter of its Self-surrender, and Dedication, with the great God. β. 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. C.iiii It shuld be to long to intreate, howe the chyldren of lyght are ingendred.a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 58 Yf they juge be hys frend whose cause ys intretyd.1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Aaa.i^v That house of God..wherein be intreated the Sacramentes and misteries of our redemption.1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 184 Musick cannot be intreated or taught without the knowledge of all other sciences.1611 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 6 Such as failzie to mak the Exerceis, Additioune, or intreat the Commoune-Head of doctrine. b. transitive. To occupy oneself with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about fanda1375 entermetea1393 deala1400 makea1400 apply?c1400 to have in occupation?1523 lie1546 entreat1590 to consist in1606 tirea1616 stickle1647 to be in the business of1873 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S8^v A thick Arber..In which she often vsd from open heat Her selfe to shroud, and pleasures to entreat. c. transitive. Apparently: to spend or pass (time). Obsolete.Most later editions accept the earlier variant reading cited in quot. a1616, which shows sense 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > pleasantly short1449 shorten1579 deceive1591 sport1593 delude1615 entreata1616 while1635 elude1660 divert1707 dangle1727 wile1796 smile1803 to round off1824 a1616 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet (1623) iv. i. 40 My Lord you [1597, 1599, 1609 we] must intreat the time alone. II. To plead, ask. 5. intransitive. With for. To intercede or plead on behalf of someone. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)] entreata1425 mediate1578 to put ina1616 to speak up1705 α. a1425 in M. Day Wheatley MS (1921) 73 Late mercy for us so now entrete. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiiii^v He wyll make other persons to..perswade & entreate for hym. 1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 33 Christ is our aduocate & entreateth for vs, or pleadeth for vs..to releaue our wantes in edification. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. viii. 9 When shall I entreat for thee? 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xxix. 195/1 The woman, as one that loves her Husband, goes..to the Governor to entreat for him. 1733 S. Chandler Second Let. W. Berriman 41 Eusebius had sent different persons to him [sc. the Emperor] to entreat for him. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 66 He shall die, the rather and the sooner that thou dost entreat for him. 1844 E. M. Sewell Amy Herbert II. xxvi. 113 I must run directly, and speak to mamma: she will entreat for her. 1892 ‘C. Annesley’ Standard-Operaglass (rev. ed.) 240 Solomon..has changed the verdict of death into that of exile. Sulamith, faithful and gentle, entreats for her lover. 2007 J. R. Williams Holy Ghost 26 The Holy Ghost entreats for us,..goes in for us, pleads our case. β. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xiii. A Wil ye accepte y^e personne of God, and intreate for him?1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear x. 6 They..charg'd me..neither to speake of him, Intreat for him, nor any way sustaine him. View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 73 I will neuer haue her, vnlesse thou intreat for her. View more context for this quotation1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park v. ii. 54 If you have any value for a Woman, let me intreat for him. †6. transitive. To persuade, induce, or influence; to prevail upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > by entreaty foldc1275 entreatc1425 overtreata1547 over-entreat1627 request1632 beseecha1718 α. c1425 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 41 (MED) Yf he koude entrete hym to an ende resonable. 1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 390 (MED) Þe Kyng..wold put hym effectuely in hys devoir to entrete hys..soubgetz..that for rasonable recompense..the wold be agreed to departe fro thair..possessyons. 1551 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 13 And he was entreated of hym & herd his praier. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Xx.iv A dogge, that would be entreated and hyred with part of the pray, to suffer the Wolves to werry the shepe. 1593 Prodigal Son i. 91 Ah my beloved son, be entreated, and go not hence. 1626 H. Roborough Balme from Gilead 107 When Dauid humbling himselfe, sought the Lord, hee was entreated, and the plague ceased. 1782 C. Wesley Let. 13 Mar. in S. T. Kimbrough C. Wesley: Poet & Theologian (1992) 83 My friend's longer or shorter continuance here will depend chiefly on his adviseableness. He is..a mule by nature: but is become..easy to be entreated. β. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 768 Howbeit..she could in no wise be intreated with her good wyll to delyuer him.1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 241 For he is a man full of affabilitie..and easie to be intreated.1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. A5 This should intreat your highnesse to reioice.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Indeprecable, that will not be intreated, or moved to yeeld.1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne i. 4 God was intreated and Moses prevailed.1725 New Canting Dict. at Bacon The usual Excuse of affected People..who want to be much intreated. 7. a. intransitive. To appeal, plead, or beg for a favour, concession, etc.; to ask earnestly or beg for something. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > for something bid971 aska1200 seekc1366 cravec1386 entreat1427 inquire?a1513 beg1576 incall1591 urgea1616 woo1615 clamour1651 to call on ——1721 tout1731 spell1790 1427 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A.54.1a My worshipfull ffadir..for my hasty deliuerance has so entretid. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. 636 The..assemble of Souldiours by him, could signifie no peace, nor treatie of concorde: except a man should saye, that intreating for fauour with naked sworde in hande, were an humble submission and a meeke request. 1579 E. Bicknoll Sword against Swearyng f. 38 All penitent sinners, that in Christes name aske and entreate for forgeuenesse. 1620 J. Norden Poore Mans Rest (ed. 8) 321 I..present and humble my selfe before thee, humbly begging and intreating for fauour and mercy at thy hands. 1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 265 Like sturdy Beggars, that intreat For Charity at once, and threat. 1723 J. Morgan tr. M. Rabadan Mahometism Explained I. ii. 54 As our first Father did, intreating for Pardon. 1757 Test 14 May 152 My bookseller..still entreated for a touch of humour. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 645 The prisoners entreated for their release. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well (1824) II. xix. 233 She owned she had heard her moan bitterly, as she entreated for admission. 1902 G. O. Draper Searching for Truth viii. 233 The present religious forms..are..limited in their active interference to christening at birth,..closing the grave and entreating for church attendance at least once a week. 1910 G. Lagden Basutos I. xi. 149 Great efforts were being made to collect the fine and to entreat for more time. 2007 A. D. Sawyer & J. E. Bachrach M.S. Recovery Diet viii. 128 After yelling or crying or quietly entreating for help in finding charity and courage I surrendered in relief to the sleep that followed. b. transitive. To make an earnest or humble request for (something); to ask earnestly or humbly for; to beseech, implore, beg for. Chiefly with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 α. 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον Ded. (Miscellanea) f. 4 Otho entreated that there myght bee a Counsell assembled at Mantua for the appeasing of the scisme. 1596 T. Cartwright & J. Throckmorton Brief Apologie sig. B3 He sent by Mr Hockenhull to entreate that he might come to me into the Fleete. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 120 I..doe entreat Thou pardon me my wrongs. View more context for this quotation 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour Prol. So, standing only on his good Behaviour, He's very civil, and entreats your Favour. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 200 He entreated that they would elect such, in particular, as had, [etc.]. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. x. 287 I entreat you will speak explicitly. 1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore 443 Alidor..enters and entreats to be presented to the magic queen. 1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 94 To entreat of the gods what they will not give. 1904 Leslie's Monthly Mag. Nov. 52/2 ‘Let me see your face again,’ he entreated. 1938 M. Mitchell Let. 18 Apr. in Gone with Wind Lett. (1986) 194 The other three urged, pleaded and entreated that he sit down. 2008 New Yorker 14 Apr. 68/2 New Yorkers have a chance to absorb our new geo-spiritual fate, as provincials in a world of creative paradigms that no longer entreat our favor. β. 1572 Ld. Burleigh in D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 334 With some sweet minatories, he intrated that he might be staied.1590 W. Raleigh Lett. (1999) 54 That I might intreat your favoure for his admittaunce.a1600 Creation in Evergreen (1761) I. 166 The serpent..persuadit me..Intreiting, be eiting, That we suld be perfyte.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3^v Our tyred limbes..intreat soft rest.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlv. 12 The rich among the people shall intreate thy fauour. View more context for this quotation1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler Ep. Ded. To intreat that they [sc. former favours] may be enlarged to the patronage..of this Book. View more context for this quotation1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 496 I intreat therefore y^t you would insert it in y^e Post-Boy.1787 T. Holcroft Seduction i. xiv. 11 She seemed to way-lay me, and, with moving look, and melting eye, intreat compassion.1836 C. Simeon Let. 9 Aug. in W. Carus Mem. Life C. Simeon (1847) xxxiii. 794 I intreat the favour of you to remember at the throne of grace one, who [etc.]. 8. a. transitive. To make an earnest or humble request to (a person); to ask earnestly or humbly; to beseech, implore, beg. Chiefly with infinitive or direct speech as complement expressing the thing asked for. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore beseechc1175 ofsechec1300 praya1350 praya1387 supply?c1400 treatc1450 entreatc1475 solicitate1563 bepray1598 exore1598 exorate1599 implorea1616 deprecate1624 beg1675 implead1682 fleech1718 impetrate1881 α. c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 750 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 321 (MED) Whan that the lawe is streit and rigerous, Entrete the iuge to shew the fauour. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. l/2 Wherfore he entredyd the sayde Brydge Maysters of Respyte in the mater. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. R.6 To entreate the iudge..what thynges he may do sauyng his conscience. 1618 A. Munday tr. Third Bk. Amadis of Gaule vi. 66/2 I humbly entreate your Maiesty, to licence my departure to morrow morning. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 5 Ile not entreat you for my sake to stay. 1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton III. 271 She entreated me not to mention what had happened. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 265 Ask me no questions, I entreat you. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 384 Let me entreat you once more to take my advice and escape. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 212/2 A song was sung, in which the god was entreated to be propitious in the coming year. 1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. xxxi. 154 For the sake of your family, go away, I entreat you, Campbell. 2014 Daily Tel. 13 June (Business section) 2/4 Almost weekly, I receive a PR pitch entreating me to write about ‘mumpreneurs’. β. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxv They haue ofte intreated you, sometime by their Ambassadours, and somtime in their own persons.1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 94 They promised to Intreate the King for him.1611 Bible (King James) Exod. viii. 8 Intreat the Lord, that hee may take away the frogges from me. View more context for this quotation1634 in F. Hargrave Compl. Coll. State Trials (1776) I. 472 Before he had ended it, he said to the Deponer, Mr. John, I intreat you.1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. 59 I intreat my Reader to think.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋19 All whom I intreat to sing are troubled with colds.1792 Munchhausen's Trav. xxiii. 97 Intreating me to assist in the war against Russia.1839 Northern Star 11 Mar. 2/6 We intreat you to shake off that apathy and timidity. b. intransitive. To appeal, plead, beg. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore beseech?c1225 praya1250 plead1340 pursuec1390 implore?a1513 perplead1581 entreat1593 beg1598 oratec1600 contest1607 deprecate1626 imprecatea1645 obtest1650 prig1700 special-plead1814 plea1868 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Bij^v Still she intreats, and prettily intreats, For to a prettie eare she tunes her tale. Still is he sullen. 1657 O. Sedgwick Riches of Grace 55 What could Christ do more? he calls, and crys, and knocks, and entreats, and waits, and weeps, and yet you will not accept of him. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. (C)2^v Then she disdains and threatens, and again is humble, and intreats; and nothing availing, despairs, curses, and at last becomes her own Executioner. 1807 tr. G. Reinbeck Trav. from St. Petersburgh xl. 134 We supplicated, entreated, offered money, and uttered threats, but all in vain. 1856 Putnam's Monthly Sept. 235/1 A pleading, piteous expression that seemed to beg and entreat without a spoken word. 1920 J. S. Kennard Goldoni & Venice of his Time viii. 299 Rosaura makes the most of her opportunity for pleading her own cause; she entreats without ever exceeding the limits of maidenly modesty. 2011 W. A. Gleason Sites Unseen ii. 86 Rising from his ‘massive arm-chair’.., Murchison entreats and threatens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485v.a1400
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