| v. t. | 1. | To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. |
| 2. | 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. | |
| 3. | To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. | |
| 4. | To invite; to entertain. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. |
| 2. | To make an earnest petition or request. | |
| n. | 1. | Entreaty. |
| Verb | 1. | entreat - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" |
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