Both Uses
entreat
in
Gone with the Wind
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- "Do get up," she entreated.†
Chpt 4.47entreated = asked earnestly
- If you and your bed still held any charms for me, no looks and no entreaties could keep me away.†
Chpt 5.51 *entreaties = earnest requests
Definitions:
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(1)
(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)