entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
will entreat
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future tenseof entreat.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"I will entreat you to hurry our wedding day," she wrote.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is advised not to sue any more, “because necessity will entreat for him.”
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by William Poel
I will kneel before her, I will entreat forgiveness; I will congratulate her upon her victory over herself and thee; I will bring my Felix to her.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
And I beg you will entreat Mr. Catesby to desist from further importunity.”
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
I will entreat him,' said moreover the prelate, 'to favor you with his friendship: he shall be your counsel; you cannot have a better.'
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
