All 5 Uses
entreat
in
Faust
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- Here, rich in hope and firm in faith,
With tears, wrung hands and sighs, I've striven,
The end of that far-spreading death
Entreating from the Lord of Heaven!†entreating = asking earnestly - And now, I do entreat this boon—Leave to withdraw from my intrusion.†
*entreat = ask earnestly
- At our last interview, before we parted
Much of his cousins did he speak, entreating
That we should give to each his kindly greeting.†entreating = asking earnestly - That now I vanish, pardon, I entreat you!†
entreat = ask earnestly
- Let me not vainly entreat thee!†
Definitions:
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(1)
(entreat) to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)