Entreat \En*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entreated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Entreating}.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF.
entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat.
See {Treat}.]
1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]

Fairly let her be entreated. --Shak.

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. --Jer.
xv. 11.

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence,
to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with
urgency; to supplicate; to importune. ``Entreat my wife to
come.'' ``I do entreat your patience.'' --Shak.

I must entreat of you some of that money. --Shak.

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber
door. --Poe.

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. --Gen. xxv.
21.

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by
prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom
no prayers could entreat. --Rogers.

4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] ``Pleasures to entreat.''
--Spenser.

Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate.
See {Beseech}.