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   En·treat

   /inˈtrēt/

   

   verb

   • 1. ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something: "his friends entreated him not to go"
   • ▪ ask earnestly or anxiously for (something): "a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navajos"
   • 2. treat (someone) in a specified manner: archaic "the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act towards (someone)’; formerly also as intreat): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat’, from Latin tractare ‘to handle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. entreatment noun

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