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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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
All the nation desires his succession, and has entreated it at my hands.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Mr Merdle has entreated Pa to stay with him in that same mansion I have mentioned, and I suppose he will.
From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
She has entreated me to speak to Albert, and also to you.
From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
The bride has entreated me I will see no blood shed at her bridal, you saw her whisper me erewhile.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
