All 7 Uses of
entreat
in
As You Like It
- Come on; since the youth will not be entreated, his own peril on his forwardness.†
Scene 1.2
- he will not be entreated.
Scene 1.2 *entreated = persuaded
- No; I warrant your grace, you shall not entreat him to a second, that have so mightily persuaded him from a first.†
Scene 1.2
- My father loved Sir Rowland as his soul, And all the world was of my father's mind: Had I before known this young man his son, I should have given him tears unto entreaties Ere he should thus have ventur'd.†
Scene 1.2
- I did not then entreat to have her stay; It was your pleasure, and your own remorse: I was too young that time to value her; But now I know her: if she be a traitor, Why so am I: we still have slept together, Rose at an instant, learn'd, play'd, eat together; And wheresoe'er we went, like Juno's swans, Still we went coupled and inseparable.†
Scene 1.3
- Then she puts you to entreaty, and there begins new matter.†
Scene 4.1
- —Well, go your way to her, —for I see love hath made thee a tame snake,—and say this to her;—that if she love me, I charge her to love thee; if she will not, I will never have her unless thou entreat for her.†
Scene 4.3
Definition:
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(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance