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Today's Word "entreat"

To ask earnestly on

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entreat \en-TREET\ (intransitive verb) - To make an earnest petition or request; to plead.

(transitive verb) - To ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition for.

"They entreat her to impart her wisdom. But she is silent." -- John Darnton, 'In Sweden, Proof of The Power of Words'

 

Entreat derives from Medieval French entraiter, from en- (from Latin in-), intensive prefix + traiter, "to treat," from Latin tractare, frequentative of trahere, "to draw, to pull, to drag."


 

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