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intreat

American  
[in-treet] / ɪnˈtrit /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. an archaic variant of entreat.


intreat British  
/ ɪnˈtriːt /

verb

  1. an archaic spelling of entreat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Consider me no more, I intreat you, as a founder, or any great personage; your encomiums do but ill agree with such multiplied weaknesses.

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

Lastly, I intreat him to keep his purse, I give him my counsell gratis, confessing him to be more then my match, and that I am very loath to fall into his hands.

From The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Nathaniel Ward

"Dearest Vilma, I intreat you to have no fear!" continued Tengelyi.

From The Village Notary by J?zsef E?tv?s

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

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 Pierre Bayle

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