English-Thai Dictionary
entreat
VI อ้อนวอน (คำ ทางการ วิงวอน ขอร้อง ออดอ้อน ร้องขอ beg plead aon-won
entreat
VT อ้อนวอน (คำ ทางการ วิงวอน ขอร้อง ออดอ้อน ร้องขอ beg plead aon-won
entreat of
PHRV ร้องขอ เรียกร้อง rong-kor
entreaty
N การขอร้อง การ วิงวอน การ ออดอ้อน plea request supplication kan-kor-rong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENTREAT
v.i.To make an earnest petition or request. The Janizaries entreated for them, as valiant men.
1. To offer a treaty. [Not used. ]
2. To treat; to discourse. [Not used. ]
ENTREATANCE
n.Entreaty; solicitation.
ENTREATED
pp. Earnestly supplicated, besought or solicited; importuned; urgently requested. 1. Prevailed on by urgent solicitation; consenting to grant what is desired.
2. Used; managed.
ENTREATER
n.One that entreats, or asks earnestly.
ENTREATING
ppr. Earnestly asking; pressing with request or prayer; importuning. 1. Treating; using.
ENTREATIVE
a.Pleading; treating.
ENTREATY
n.Urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation; supplication. The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. Proverbs 18:23.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENTREAT
En *treat ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n.Entreating. ] Etym: [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in ) + traitier to treat. See Treat. ]
1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs. ] Fairly let her be entreated. Shak. I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11.
2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. "Entreat my wife to come. " "I do entreat your patience. " Shak. I must entreat of you some of that money. Shak. Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe. Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21.
3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers.
4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs. ] "Pleasures to entreat. " Spenser.
Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
ENTREAT
ENTREAT En *treat ", v. i.
1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs. ] Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. Alexander. .. was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47.
2. To make an earnest petition or request. The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles.
ENTREAT
ENTREAT En *treat ", n.
Defn: Entreaty. [Obs. ] Ford.
ENTREATABLE
ENTREATABLE En *treat "a *ble, a.
Defn: That may be entreated.
ENTREATANCE
ENTREATANCE En *treat "ance, n.
Defn: Entreaty. [Obs. ] Fairfax.
ENTREATER
ENTREATER En *treat "er, n.
Defn: One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.
ENTREATFUL
ENTREATFUL En *treat "ful, a.
Defn: Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.
ENTREATINGLY
ENTREATINGLY En *treat "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In an entreating manner.
ENTREATIVE
ENTREATIVE En *treat "ive, a.
Defn: Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase. " A. Brewer.
ENTREATMENT
ENTREATMENT En *treat "ment, n.
Defn: Entreaty; invitation. [Obs. ] Shak.
ENTREATY
En *treat "y, n.; pl. Entreaties (.
1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.
2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser.
Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
New American Oxford Dictionary
entreat
en treat |enˈtrēt ɪnˈtrit | ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something: [ with obj. and infinitive ] : his friends entreated him not to go. • [ with obj. ] ask earnestly or anxiously for (something ): a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navajos. 2 [ with obj. ] archaic treat (someone ) in a specified manner: the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her. DERIVATIVES en treat ing ly adverb, en treat ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act toward (someone )’; formerly also as intreat ): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat, ’ from Latin tractare ‘to handle. ’
entreaty
en treat y |enˈtrētē ɪnˈtridi | ▶noun ( pl. entreaties ) an earnest or humble request: the king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘treatment, management ’; formerly also as intreaty ): from entreat, on the pattern of treaty .
Oxford Dictionary
entreat
en |treat |ɪnˈtriːt, ɛn- | ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something: [ with obj. and infinitive ] : his friends entreated him not to go | (as adj. entreating ) : his entreating eyes. • [ with obj. ] ask earnestly or anxiously for (something ): a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navahos. 2 [ with obj. and adverbial ] archaic treat (someone ) in a specified manner: the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her. DERIVATIVES entreatingly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘treat, act towards (someone )’; formerly also as intreat ): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat ’, from Latin tractare ‘to handle ’.
entreaty
en |treaty |ɪnˈtriːti, ɛn- | ▶noun ( pl. entreaties ) an earnest or humble request: the king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘treatment, management ’; formerly also as intreaty ): from entreat, on the pattern of treaty .
American Oxford Thesaurus
entreat
entreat verb my lord, I entreat you to believe me: implore, beg, plead with, pray, ask, request; bid, enjoin, appeal to, call on, petition, solicit, importune; literary beseech.
entreaty
entreaty noun he ignored Gert's entreaties: plea, appeal, request, petition; suit, application, claim; solicitation, supplication; prayer.
Oxford Thesaurus
entreat
entreat verb my lord, I entreat you to believe what you find in this letter: implore, beseech, beg, plead with, supplicate, pray, ask, request; bid, enjoin, appeal to, call on, petition, solicit; exhort, urge, importune; dated crave; rare impetrate, obtest, obsecrate.
entreaty
entreaty noun he ignored her entreaties: plea, appeal, request, petition, cry from the heart; suit, application, claim; beseeching, pleading, begging, solicitation, importuning, supplication; bidding, exhortation, urge, demand, enjoinment; prayer; French cri de cœur; rare impetration, obtestation, obsecration, imploration.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
entreat
en treat /ɪntríːt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 «…を /…することを » 〈人 〉に懇願する, 嘆願する, 哀願する «for » ; 〖～ A to do /that節 〗A 〈人 〉に …するよう […と ]懇願する ▸ Let me go, I entreat you .お願いだから行かせてください 2 【人に 】…を乞 （こ ） い願う «of » ▸ entreat a pardon 許しを請う ▸ I entreat a favor of you .どうぞ1つお願いを聞いてください
entreaty
en treat y /ɪntríːti /名詞 複 -ies U C ｟かたく ｠嘆願, 懇願, 哀願 ▸ make entreaties (重ね重ね )嘆願する
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