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

• intreatingly
  adverb
• intreatment
  noun

Example Sentences

You intreat me to return, under a pretence of devotion, Your earnestness in this point creates a suspicion in me, and makes me doubtful how to answer you.

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

Shall I intreat you all to take your horses, And search this innocent?

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis

Therefore let mee intreat you stay in Court, All Denmarkes hope our coosin and dearest Soone King.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

If nerve and horse are good enough, go into every field with them, but, I intreat you, ride like a sportsman, and give the hounds plenty of room.

From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John)

They then sent a Deputation to his Majesty, to intreat him to come immediately, with the Queen his Consort, to take possession of the Throne.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von