All 17 Uses
entreat
in
The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary
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- Then by that love which carries them along,
Entreat; and they will come.†Canto 1.1-11 *entreat = ask earnestly - Here ceas'd the lamentable sound;
And I continu'd thus: "Still would I learn
More from thee, farther parley still entreat.†Canto 1.1-11 - But to the pleasant world when thou return'st,
Of me make mention, I entreat thee, there.†Canto 1.1-11 - He thus resum'd; "So may he do for thee
Freely what thou entreatest, as thou yet
Be pleas'd, imprison'd Spirit!†Canto 1.12-22entreatest = to ask earnestlystandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou entreatest" in older English, today we say "You entreat." - "If misery of this drear wilderness,"
Thus one began, "added to our sad cheer
And destitute, do call forth scorn on us
And our entreaties, let our great renown
Incline thee to inform us who thou art,
That dost imprint with living feet unharm'd
The soil of Hell.†Canto 1.12-22entreaties = earnest requests - Now tell us, I entreat thee, who art thou?†
Canto 1.23entreat = ask earnestly
- Whence I, who sole before the others speak,
Entreat thee, if thou ever see that land,
Which lies between Romagna and the realm
Of Charles, that of thy courtesy thou pray
Those who inhabit Fano, that for me
Their adorations duly be put up,
By which I may purge off my grievous sins.†Canto 2.1-11 - Here Frederic Novello, with his hand
Stretch'd forth, entreated; and of Pisa he,
Who put the good Marzuco to such proof
Of constancy.†Canto 2.1-11entreated = asked earnestly - It seems expressly in thy text denied,
That heaven's supreme decree can never bend
To supplication; yet with this design
Do these entreat.†Canto 2.1-11entreat = ask earnestly - I3ut Virgil with entreaty mild advanc'd,
Requesting it to show the best ascent.†Canto 2.1-11entreaty = an earnest request - His visage and the other's speech did raise
Desire in me to know the names of both,
whereof with meek entreaty I inquir'd.†Canto 2.12-22 - Therefore thou felt'st
The mountain tremble, and the spirits devout
Heard'st, over all his limits, utter praise
To that liege Lord, whom I entreat their joy
To hasten.†Canto 2.12-22entreat = ask earnestly - To such entreaty answer thus was made:
"Entreat Matilda, that she teach thee this."†Canto 2.23-33entreaty = an earnest request - To such entreaty answer thus was made:
"Entreat Matilda, that she teach thee this."†Canto 2.23-33entreat = ask earnestly - If thou no longer patiently abid'st
Thy ill-entreating!†Canto 3.12-22entreating = asking earnestly - Of thee
Therefore entreat I, father!†Canto 3.12-22entreat = ask earnestly - This also I entreat of thee, O queen!†
Canto 3.23-33
Definitions:
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(1)
(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)