Crossword-Solution: ENTREAT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Entreat | v. t. | To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. |
| Entreat | v. t. | 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 | v. t. | To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. |
| Entreat | v. t. | To invite; to entertain. |
| Entreat | v. i. | To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. |
| Entreat | v. i. | To make an earnest petition or request. |
| Entreat | n. | Entreaty. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ENTREAT | anagram | ANTTREE, ARNETTE, ENTERAT, NETTARE, RATTEEN, TARENTE, TERNATE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETEAR
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with ENTREAT (5)
And, therefore, since we have been unfortunate enough to introduce our heroine at so inauspicious a juncture, we would entreat for a mood of due solemnity in the spectators of her fate.
But she sat perfectly still in his grasp, and only said, in a low voice, “I entreat you, good gentlemen, do not come near us, do not speak, do not move!” “Hark!” he exclaimed.
Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die, that I may rejoice before the Lord: behold, I commit my daughter unto thee of special trust; where are do not entreat her evil.
Then we will once more entreat Homer and the other poets not to depict Achilles, who is the son of a goddess, first lying on his side, then on his back, and then on his face; then starting up and sailing in a frenzy along the shores of the barren sea; now taking the sooty ashes in both his hands and pouring them over his head, or weeping and wailing in the various modes which Homer has delineated.
Elton; “it would indeed be a delight! Let me entreat you, Miss Woodhouse, to exercise so charming a talent in favour of your friend.
Quotes with ENTREAT (3)
Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.
Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: For wither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 93 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).