Sample Sentences for
entreat
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    I entreat you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner.  (source)
    entreat = ask
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    My dear son, I entreat you never to make such an assertion again.  (source)
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    You -- poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are -- I entreat to accept me as a husband.  (source)
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    I entreat you - nay, I command you - to return to your own place. I should be put to shame if I let such young warriors fall in battle on my side.  (source)
    entreat = ask
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    I entreated, and finally attempted to force her to retire.  (source)
    entreated = asked earnestly
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    And with this gentle, but unconquerable obstinacy did he resist all her entreaties.  (source)
    entreaties = requests or persuasions
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    It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it.  (source)
    entreaty = request or persuasion
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    And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating "'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; This it is and nothing more."†  (source)
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    "I won't be any trouble," Clary said, gazing entreatingly past Jace's white-hot glare at Maryse.  (source)
    entreatingly = in a pleading manner
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    And the idea entreats me once more, to wonder if something like love is forever victorious, truly conquering all, or if there are those who, like me, remain somehow whole and sovereign, still live unvanquished.†  (source)
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    24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She entreateth" in older English, today we say "She entreats."
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    Set your entreatments at a higher rate Than a command to parle.†  (source)
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    I entreat you, never bother me again for the rest of my life, and don't ever dare to repeat what you've just said to me, my sister might hear it and we don't need one more unhappy person in this house.  (source)
    entreat = ask
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