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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By which answer Gualtieri was well pleased, witting that she was in no degree puffed up with pride by his, or any other's, honourable entreatment of her.
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
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
And all this was honest enough; for it was the gentle entreatment of a stranger.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
It gives me much pleasure to hear of Mr. Hobhouse's Pg 109and Mr. Merivale's good entreatment by the journals you mention.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
“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
