entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
entreatment
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a word derived from
entreat.
Example Sentences
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Further, as a Castilian gentleman, do you agree with the author’s most despiteful entreatment of that sweet sex for whose sake all romances were written?
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
I did but signify that I knew the manner of her entreatment, and where she hath been lodged.”
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
“Mr Whitstable, I con you hearty thanks for your good and just entreatment of me,” said Aubrey, “and if ever your occasions call you into Cumberland, I promise you a true welcome at Selwick Hall.”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
Thus far I had choked down my swelling rage at her faithlessness, her vanity, her despiteful entreatment of my master's plight.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
Hate him as I once did, I now love him, by reason of his present entreatment of thee.
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
