All 14 Uses of
entreat
in
The Taming of the Shrew
- Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you To pardon me yet for a night or two; Or, if not so, until the sun be set: For your physicians have expressly charg'd, In peril to incur your former malady, That I should yet absent me from your bed: I hope this reason stands for my excuse.†
Scene 0.2entreat = ask earnestly
- Make it no wonder: if you knew my business, You would entreat me rather go than stay.†
Scene 3.2
- Let us entreat you stay till after dinner.
Scene 3.2 *
- Let me entreat you.†
Scene 3.2
- Let me entreat you.†
Scene 3.2
- I am content you shall entreat me stay; But yet not stay, entreat me how you can.†
Scene 3.2
- I am content you shall entreat me stay; But yet not stay, entreat me how you can.†
Scene 3.2
- And here I take the like unfeigned oath, Never to marry with her though she would entreat; Fie on her!†
Scene 4.2
- Beggars that come unto my father's door Upon entreaty have a present alms; If not, elsewhere they meet with charity; But I, who never knew how to entreat, Nor never needed that I should entreat, Am starv'd for meat, giddy for lack of sleep; With oaths kept waking, and with brawling fed.†
Scene 4.3entreaty = an earnest request
- Beggars that come unto my father's door Upon entreaty have a present alms; If not, elsewhere they meet with charity; But I, who never knew how to entreat, Nor never needed that I should entreat, Am starv'd for meat, giddy for lack of sleep; With oaths kept waking, and with brawling fed.†
Scene 4.3entreat = ask earnestly
- Beggars that come unto my father's door Upon entreaty have a present alms; If not, elsewhere they meet with charity; But I, who never knew how to entreat, Nor never needed that I should entreat, Am starv'd for meat, giddy for lack of sleep; With oaths kept waking, and with brawling fed.†
Scene 4.3
- Sirrah Biondello, go and entreat my wife To come to me forthwith.†
Scene 5.2
- entreat her!†
Scene 5.2
- I am afraid, sir, Do what you can, yours will not be entreated.†
Scene 5.2entreated = asked earnestly
Definition:
to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance