All 3 Uses of
entreat
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- It broke from him like a wail of despair from a hell of sufferers and died in a wail of furious entreaty, a cry for an iniquitous abandonment, a cry which was but the echo of an obscene scrawl which he had read on the oozing wall of a urinal.†
Chpt 2entreaty = an earnest request
- God appealed to you, threatened you, entreated you to return to Him.†
Chpt 3 *entreated = asked earnestly
- The Ruler of the universe entreated you, a creature of clay, to love Him Who made you and to keep His law.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance