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.] 1.
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.
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. "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.
3. 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.
Rogers.
4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.]
"Pleasures to entreat." Spenser.
Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore;
supplicate. See Beseech.
En*treat", v. i. 1.
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for
a treaty. [Obs.]
Of which I shall have further occasion to
entreat.
Hakewill.
Alexander . . . was first that entreated of
true peace with them.
1 Mac. x. 47.
2. To make an earnest petition or
request.
The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant
men.
Knolles.
En*treat", n. Entreaty.
[Obs.] Ford.
