entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
entreated
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past participleof entreat.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof entreat.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
entreatverb (used with object)to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
Example Sentences
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Sometime after Beata resettled her family in the Netherlands, Levine says she entreated Schultz to paint her daughter and her son Cootje, who had gone home ahead of the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The prosecutor entreated the jury to hold the defendants “accountable not only for what they did but why they did it.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
Ryan entreated several city officials, including Garcetti, for help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Mr. Sadr entreated his supporters last week to each take 10 other voters to the polls.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
