Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to entreat
Participle: entreated
Gerund: entreating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | entreat |
| you | entreat |
| he;she;it | entreats |
| we | entreat |
| you | entreat |
| they | entreat |
Perfect
| I | have entreated |
| you | have entreated |
| he;she;it | has entreated |
| we | have entreated |
| you | have entreated |
| they | have entreated |
Past
| I | entreated |
| you | entreated |
| he;she;it | entreated |
| we | entreated |
| you | entreated |
| they | entreated |
Pluperfect
| I | had entreated |
| you | had entreated |
| he;she;it | had entreated |
| we | had entreated |
| you | had entreated |
| they | had entreated |
Future
| I | will entreat |
| you | will entreat |
| he;she;it | will entreat |
| we | will entreat |
| you | will entreat |
| they | will entreat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have entreated |
| you | will have entreated |
| he;she;it | will have entreated |
| we | will have entreated |
| you | will have entreated |
| they | will have entreated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | entreat |
| you | entreat |
| he;she;it | entreat |
| we | entreat |
| you | entreat |
| they | entreat |
Perfect
| I | have entreated |
| you | have entreated |
| he;she;it | have entreated |
| we | have entreated |
| you | have entreated |
| they | have entreated |
Imperfect
| I | entreated |
| you | entreated |
| he;she;it | entreated |
| we | entreated |
| you | entreated |
| they | entreated |
Pluperfect
| I | had entreated |
| you | had entreated |
| he;she;it | had entreated |
| we | had entreated |
| you | had entreated |
| they | had entreated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would entreat |
| you | would entreat |
| he;she;it | would entreat |
| we | would entreat |
| you | would entreat |
| they | would entreat |
Perfect
| I | would have entreated |
| you | would have entreated |
| he;she;it | would have entreated |
| we | would have entreated |
| you | would have entreated |
| they | would have entreated |
Imperative
| you | entreat |
| we | Let's entreat |
| you | entreat |
Verbs conjugated like 'entreat'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'entreat'
estreat,
intreat,
cotreat,
detreat,
enterest,
entrap,
entre,
entrust,
ingreat,
retreat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- appeal
- plead, beg, beseech, crave, implore, importune, petition, pray
Antonyms
- appeal
- deny, refuse, protest, renounce
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1340, "to treat (someone) in a certain way," from Anglo-Fr. entretier, from O.Fr. entraiter, from en- "make" + traiter "treat." Meaning "to beseech, implore" is first attested 1502.
2. The verb is derived from Late Middle English entreten (“to deal with (someone) in a specified way; to concern oneself with (something); to deal with or give an account of (a topic); to engage in negotiation; to intercede for (someone); to plead with (someone)”), from Anglo-Norman entraiter, entretier (“to concern oneself with (something); to deal with (someone) in a specified manner; to have a conversation with (someone); to negotiate (with someone, or about something)”), Middle French entraiter, entraictier, and Old French entraictier (“to have a conversation with (someone); to concern oneself with (something)”), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + traiter (“to be concerned with (something); to treat (someone) in a specified way”) (from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to handle, manage; to drag, haul”), from trahō (“to drag, pull; etc.”) (see that entry for the further etymology) + -tō (frequentative suffix)).
3. The noun is derived from Late Middle English entrete (“agreement; negotiation; treatment of a subject in discourse”), from the verb.
Sample Sentences
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[...] very nearly closing the door, and twining in and out like serpents, and by counting the little washing slab as standing-room,—we could manage to insinuate four people into it, all at one time; and entreating each other to observe how very airy it was (in dock ), and how there was a beautiful port-hole which could be kept open all day (weather permitting ), and how there was quite a large bull’s-eye just [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in the shape of cruelty would throw her into a passion, which was the more alarming and inexplicable in proportion to the general softness of her nature. Generally the most indulgent and easy to be entreated of all mothers, still her boys had a very reverent remembrance of a most vehement chastisement she once bestowed on them, because she found them leagued with several graceless boys of the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] be ready soon, and he tells you he should think so, for when he was last below, they were ‘fixing the tables: ’ in other words, laying the cloth. You beg a porter to collect your luggage, and he entreats you not to be uneasy, for he 'll ‘fix it presently: ’ and if you complain of indisposition, you are advised to have recourse to Doctor So-and-so, who will ‘fix you ’ in no time.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Then you shall be courteously entreated to call and examine, and shall find an abundance of husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, and young children, to be “ sold separately, or in lots to suit the convenience of the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)