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Definition
to ask — especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- She wakes; and I entreated her come forth
And bear this work of heaven with patience:5.3 — Act 5 Scene 3 — A churchyard; in it a Monument.... (85% in)
entreated = asked
- Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.2.2 — Act 2 Scene 2 — Capulet's Garden (8% in) - My lord, we must entreat the time alone.4.1 — Act 4 Scene 1 — Friar Lawrence's Cell (35% in)
entreat = ask
entreat = ask
(editor's note: The Friar asks Paris to leave he and Juliet to be alone.)
(editor's note: The Friar asks Paris to leave he and Juliet to be alone.)
There are no more uses of "entreat" in Romeo and Juliet.
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