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• a variation of entreat.

intreat

American  

[in-treet] / ɪnˈtrit /

verb (used with or without object)

1. an archaic variant of entreat.

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intreat British  

/ ɪnˈtriːt /

verb

1. an archaic spelling of entreat

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Other Word Forms

• intreatment
  noun
• intreatingly
  adverb

Example Sentences

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intreat

Now to account for this seeming Partiality, I have the following Points to offer; and I intreat my Readers to attend particularly to them.

From An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and Ireland, Who, by Their Great and Permanent Interest in Landed Property, Their Liberal Education, Elevated Rank, and Enlarged Views, Are the Ablest to Judge, and the Fittest to Decide, Whether a Connection with, Or a Separation from the Continental Colonies of America, Be Most for the National Advantage, and the Lasting Benefit of These Kingdoms by Josiah Tucker

PRINCESS.—I intreat that you will tell me who this white bull is, for whom I feel such extraordinary sentiments, which both affect and alarm me.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

Suffer me to avoid destruction, I intreat you, by our former tenderest affection, and by our common misfortune.

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Pierre Bayle

Of man, we shall speak more particularly in the Second Part; and I intreat my readers to read the Conclusion to my Second Book, before they begin to judge me.

From True Christianity by Johann Arndt

I would I could as well intreat her to go out, as she knows whither to go.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne