Entreat

/ɪnˈtɹiːt/

Synonyms for "entreat" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Verb(8 words)

beseech adjure adjured adjures appeal appealed beg begged

adjure appealappeal toapply approach ask beg

Noun(3 words)

adjuring appeals begging

Strong matches (26)

Verb(9 words)

begging the questionbegs beseeched beseeches besought bid conjure deprecates implore

beseech blandish brace callcall for helpcall oncall uponclamor forcoax conjure cravecry forcry oncry toimpetrate implore

Noun(1 words)

beseeching

Related words (44)

Verb(21 words)

implored implores importuned importunes intercede intercedes petition plead pleaded pleads pled pray prayed prays press solicit solicits sues supplicated supplicates

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supplicating

Noun(5 words)

imploring invoking petitions pleading praying

importune imprecate invokekneel toobtest pester plague pleadplead forpray press push requestrun tosupplicate urge wheedle

Determiner(1 words)

more urging

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

appeal plead prayer request supplication

More specific

5 entries

appeal beseech implore petition pray

Collocations

6 entries

entreat fundingentreat mercyentreat permissionentreat the committeeentreat the editorentreat the heavens

Inflections

3 entries

entreated entreating entreats

Derivations

1 entries

entreaty

Sample sentences

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I entreat you to go and see him.

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I entreat your pardon.

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Do not abandon us, I entreat.

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Assist me, I entreat you, Daphnis. An eagle has carried off the finest of my twenty geese.

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