2 uses
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Definition
to ask — especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- In this state I appeared before my master, humbly entreating him to interpose his authority for my protection.Chapter 10 (25% in)
- A single word from the white men was enough—against all our wishes, prayers, and entreaties—to sunder forever the dearest friends, dearest kindred, and strongest ties known to human beings.Chapter 8 (22% in)
There are no more uses of "entreat" in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
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