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to entreat
01
to ask someone in an emotional or urgent way to do something
Ditransitive: to entreat sb to do sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
entreat
3rd person singular
entreats
Present participle
entreating
Past simple
entreated
Past participle
entreated
Examples
In a desperate voice, he entreated the crowd to help him find his lost child.
Lexical Tree
entreaty
entreat
