SAT Prep Plan: SAT Vocabulary - entreat

 

entreat

Definition: to ask for or request repeatedly
Synonym: beg

  

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en·treat Pronunciation ( n-tr t ) also in·treat ( n-)
v. en·treat·ed , en·treat·ing , en·treats
v. tr.
1. To make an earnest request of.
2. To ask for earnestly; petition for.
3. Archaic To deal with; treat.
v. intr.
To make an earnest request or petition. See Synonyms at .
[Middle English entreten , from Anglo-Norman entreter : en- , causative pref. ; see en- 1 + treter , to treat ; see treat ]. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
en·treat ing·ly adv.
en·treat ment n.
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