entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
has entreated
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present perfectof entreat (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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‘Yesterday Masilo beheld Dilah, and ever since he has entreated me to give him back his daughter.’
From The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Mr. Bounderby has made his proposal of marriage to me, and has entreated me to make it known to you, and to express his hope that you will take it into your favourable consideration.'
From Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Little Liszt has entreated me to beg you to write him a theme for to-morrow's concert.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower
She has entreated me to speak to Albert, and also to you.
From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
But Mettie has entreated them to say nothing, and to let her suffer in silence, and they are too loyal to betray her interesting confidences.
From A Lame Dog's Diary by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
