Both Uses of
entreat
in
The Age of Innocence
- Three days after you've entreated her on your knees to hasten your marriage?"†
Chpt 18
- He could only remember stoutly resisting her entreaty that he should await the returning family and have high tea with them before he drove home.†
Chpt 22 *
Definition:
-
(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance