Dictionary entry

Entreat (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En‐treat″, v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill.

Alexander... was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47.

2. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles.