All 12 Uses
entreat
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
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- Which of you, if you were a prince's son, Being pent from liberty, as I am now,—If two such murderers as yourselves came to you,—Would not entreat for life?†
Scene 1.4entreat = ask earnestly
- —My friend, I spy some pity in thy looks; O, if thine eye be not a flatterer, Come thou on my side, and entreat for me, As you would beg, were you in my distress: A begging prince what beggar pities not?†
Scene 1.4
- —First, madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service;—Of you, my noble cousin Buckingham, If ever any grudge were lodg'd between us;—Of you, and you, Lord Rivers, and of Dorset, That all without desert have frown'd on me; Of you, Lord Woodville, and, Lord Scales, of you;—Dukes, earls, lords, gentlemen;—indeed, of all.†
Scene 2.1
- My Lord of Buckingham, if my weak oratory Can from his mother win the Duke of York, Anon expect him here; but if she be obdurate To mild entreaties, God in heaven forbid We should infringe the holy privilege Of blessed sanctuary!†
Scene 3.1entreaties = earnest requests
- Myself and my good cousin Buckingham Will to your mother, to entreat of her To meet you at the Tower and welcome you.†
Scene 3.1entreat = ask earnestly
- He doth entreat your grace, my noble lord, To visit him to-morrow or next day: He is within, with two right reverend fathers, Divinely bent to meditation: And in no worldly suit would he be mov'd, To draw him from his holy exercise.†
Scene 3.7
- You have, my lord: would it might please your grace, On our entreaties, to amend your fault!†
Scene 3.7entreaties = earnest requests
- Do, good my lord; your citizens entreat you.
Scene 3.7 *entreat = ask
- —Come, citizens, we will entreat no more.†
Scene 3.7entreat = ask earnestly
- I am not made of stone, But penetrable to your kind entreaties, Albeit against my conscience and my soul.†
Scene 3.7entreaties = earnest requests
- Either be patient and entreat me fair, Or with the clamorous report of war Thus will I drown your exclamations.†
Scene 4.4entreat = ask earnestly
- Tell her the king, that may command, entreats.†
Scene 4.4entreats = asks earnestly
Definitions:
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(1)
(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)