entreat

«entreat» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: beg or plead — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

beg or plead

part of speech

verb, base form

meaning for a pupil

to ask someone very earnestly, pleading with them to change their mind or grant something. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we still say 'entreat someone' for begging, but 'entreated the LORD' is an old way of saying pleaded in prayer, and 'entreat' itself is old-fashioned.

examples

• And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. (Torah EXO.8.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then Koshchei entreated Prince Ivan, saying,-- (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. (Torah EXO.10.18, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

entreat

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 41 (Torah 7, tales 34, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 4.6 (Torah alone 16.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• (8-26) And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
• And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
• And after that God was entreated for the land.
• So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
• Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entreat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.