verb · transitive · rare

entreat

en·treat

entreat · entreats · entreated · entreating

благати

умолять

bitten, ersuchen, anflehen

Senses relating to asking or pleadingSenses relating to asking or pleading.: To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).

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UK/ɪnˈtɹiːt/US/ɪnˈtɹit/

» I entreat your pardon.

Я благаю про Ваше помилування.

Meaning

10 senses

Senses relating to asking or pleading.
(transitive)To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).
ask for or request earnestly
(transitive)To earnestly ask or beg (someone); to beseech, to implore.
(intransitive)Often followed by for: to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc.; to appeal, to plead.
умоля́тьumoljátʹ
благатиblahaty
(obsolete, transitive)To try to influence or persuade (someone); to induce, to prevail upon.
(archaic, intransitive)To make a petition or request on behalf of someone; to intercede, to plead.
Senses relating to dealing with or negotiating.
(obsolete, transitive)To act towards or deal with (someone or something) in a specified manner; to handle, to treat.
(obsolete, transitive)To discuss or negotiate (something); also, to discuss or negotiate with (someone).
(obsolete, reflexive, transitive)To occupy oneself with (something).
(intransitive, obsolete)Sometimes followed by of or upon: to give an account or description of a matter; to deal with.
(intransitive, obsolete)Often followed by about, for, or of: to discuss or negotiate, especially in order to reach a settlement.

Examples

11 sentences

I entreat your pardon.
Я благаю про Ваше помилування. — ChickenKiev
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Do not abandon us, I entreat.
ruНе покидай нас, умоляю. — sivelock
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · mhenderson5 · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I entreat you to help me.
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I entreat you to go and see him.
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He entreated his wife not to leave him.
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Translations

4 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

(transitive) to ask earnestly or beg for (something); (intransitive) to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc. — see also beg, beseech, implore:

Русский

By meaning 1

(transitive) to ask earnestly or beg for (something); (intransitive) to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc. — see also beg, beseech, implore:

Origin

The verb is derived from Late Middle English entreten (“to deal with (someone) in a specif

The verb is derived from Late Middle English entreten (“to deal with (someone) in a specified way; to concern oneself with (something); to deal with or give an account of (a topic); to engage in negotiation; to intercede for (someone); to plead with (someone)”), from Anglo-Norman entraiter, entretier (“to concern oneself with (something); to deal with (someone) in a specified manner; to have a conversation with (someone); to negotiate (with someone, or about something)”), Middle French entraiter, entraictier, and Old French entraictier (“to have a conversation with (someone); to concern oneself with (something)”), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + traiter (“to be concerned with (something); to treat (someone) in a specified way”) (from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to handle, manage; to drag, haul”), from trahō (“to drag, pull; etc.”) (see that entry for the further etymology) + -tō (frequentative suffix)).

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