All 4 Uses of
entreat
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "No, no, Liddy; you must stay!" said Bathsheba, dropping from haughtiness to entreaty with capricious inconsequence.†
Chpt 28-30 *
- The first was merely to keep Troy away from Weatherbury till Boldwood's indignation had cooled; the second to listen to Oak's entreaties, and Boldwood's denunciations, and give up Troy altogether.†
Chpt 31-33
- Bathsheba replied, and there was such a volume of entreaty in the words.†
Chpt 40-42
- Few men could have resisted the arch yet dignified entreaty of the beautiful face, thrown a little back and sideways in the well known attitude that expresses more than the words it accompanies, and which seems to have been designed for these special occasions.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance