entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
have entreated
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present perfectof entreat.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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The children of 74-year-old Karl Andree have entreated British Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene, saying previous bouts of cancer have weakened their father, who also has asthma.
From Time ● Oct. 13, 2015
Again and again I have entreated Mrs. Pryor to say what she thinks of him, but she still evades returning a direct answer.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
We have entreated and our entreaties have been disregarded.
From History of the United States by Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard
Anne has rendered herself so valuable in her difficult situation that they have entreated her to return to them, if it be but for a short time.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
To further our escape, I have entreated Leave to retire me, till the funeral, Unto a friend i' th' country: that excuse Will further our escape.
From The White Devil by John Webster
