All 8 Uses of
entreat
in
Le Morte D'Arthur
- So the king put all the trust in Ulfius to entreat between them, so by the entreaty at the last the king and she met together.†
Book 1entreat = ask earnestly
- So the king put all the trust in Ulfius to entreat between them, so by the entreaty at the last the king and she met together.†
Book 1 *entreaty = an earnest request
- said Sir Gawaine, this is a doleful sight, to see the yonder knight so to be entreated, and it seemeth by the knight that he suffereth them to bind him so, for he maketh no resistance.†
Book 4entreated = asked earnestly
- Madam, said Sir Uwaine, they are to blame, for they do against the high order of knighthood, and the oath that they made; and if it like you I will speak with them, because I am a knight of King Arthur's, and I will entreat them with fairness; and if they will not, I shall do battle with them, and in the defence of your right.†
Book 4entreat = ask earnestly
- But when this lady saw them in this manner so big, she would not suffer Sir Uwaine to go out to them upon no surety nor for no fair language, but she made him speak with them over a tower, but finally these two brethren would not be entreated, and answered that they would keep that they had.†
Book 4entreated = asked earnestly
- Ye are welcome, said the king, for ye have been long a great foe to me and my court, and now I trust to God I shall so entreat you that ye shall be my friend.†
Book 7entreat = ask earnestly
- Nay, said Sir Launcelot, that may not be by no mean, for I was so entreated at the court that I cast me never to come there more.†
Book 12entreated = asked earnestly
- And there they entreated Sir Mordred long time; and at the last Sir Mordred was agreed for to have Cornwall and Kent, by Arthur's days: after, all England, after the days of King Arthur.†
Book 21
Definition:
to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance