Sample Sentences for
entreat
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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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    I entreat you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner.  (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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    My dear son, I entreat you never to make such an assertion again.  (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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    Someone who will not plead, or explain, or think he can alter my design with entreaties, because he alone really knows how I operate.  (source)
    entreaties = attempts to persuade
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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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    Max stared grimly through the bars at Straavh, who now trotted toward the center of the arena, smashing the side of his battle-ax against his shield and entreating the crowd.†  (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 - 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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