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
I have entreated you as a father in love and faithfuness.
From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Hosea Ballou
I have entreated her, and she will grant.
From The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe
I have entreated you to feed your little lambs yourself and to keep me among them.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) Taylor
I have entreated Emily to admit Madame Des Roches among the number of her friends, and have asked her to visit her to-morrow morning: she changed color at my request, but promised to go.
From The History of Emily Montague by Frances Brooke
