KJV Dictionary Definition: entreat

entreat

ENTRE'AT, v.i. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them, as valiant men.

1. To offer a treaty. Not used.

2. To treat; to discourse. Not used.

entreatance

ENTRE'ATANCE, n. Entreaty; solicitation.

entreated

ENTRE'ATED, pp. Earnestly supplicated, besought or solicited; importuned; urgently requested.

1. Prevailed on by urgent solicitation; consenting to grant what is desired.

2. Used; managed.

entreater

ENTRE'ATER, n. One that entreats, or asks earnestly.

entreating

ENTRE'ATING, ppr. Earnestly asking; pressing with request or prayer; importuning.

1. Treating; using.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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