entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I am entreating of my selfe to doe That which you kneele to have me.
From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)