entreat

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled entreatin

US /ɪnˈtrit/ UK /ɪnˈtriːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; to implore

She entreated the judge to show mercy to her brother.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to ask someone earnestly or... implore beseech plead beg supplicate importune adjure

Opposites

command demand order

Word family

Forms entreatingly

Derived forms entreatyentreatmententreatingly

Related forms treat treaty entreaty

Etymology

From Old French entraitier ('to treat, negotiate'), from en- (intensive) + traitier ('to treat'), from Latin tractare ('to handle, manage'), frequentative of trahere ('to draw').

traitier Old French tractare Latin trahere Latin

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# entreat

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtrit/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtriːt/

## Meanings
1. to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; to implore

## Examples
- She entreated the judge to show mercy to her brother.

## Synonyms
- implore
- beseech
- plead
- beg
- supplicate
- importune
- adjure

## Antonyms
- command
- demand
- order

## Derived Forms
- entreaty
- entreatment
- entreatingly

## Related Forms
- treat
- treaty
- entreaty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: traitier
- Root: tractare
- Root: trahere

## Etymology
From Old French entraitier ('to treat, negotiate'), from en- (intensive) + traitier ('to treat'), from Latin tractare ('to handle, manage'), frequentative of trahere ('to draw').

## AI Etymology
Entreat is from Old French entraitier ('to treat, negotiate'), from en- (intensive) + traitier ('to treat'), from Latin tractare ('to handle, manage'), frequentative of trahere ('to draw'). Important recorded forms include traitier (Old French), tractare (Latin), and trahere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; to implore. The wider family includes derived forms such as entreaty, entreatment, and entreatingly and related words such as treat, treaty, and entreaty.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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