Both Uses
entreat
in
The Silver Chair
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- Sir, be pleased to take another breast of pigeon, I entreat you.†
Chpt 11entreat = ask earnestly
- Listen while I am master of myself. When the fit is upon me, it well may be that I shall beg and implore you, with entreaties and threatenings, to loosen my bonds.
Chpt 11 *entreaties = requests and persuasions
Definitions:
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(1)
(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)