entreat

«entreat» in Mova's school dictionary: to beg them earnestly to do something; it is stronger… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (entreat, entreats, entreated, entreating)

meaning for a pupil

To entreat someone is to beg them earnestly to do something; it is stronger than asking. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a character begs another for help, a favour or mercy; a formal, old-fashioned word

examples

• I entreat you to forgive me. tree →
• The girl entreated her father to let her go. tree →
• He entreated the king for mercy. tree →
• «Stay with us,» they entreated. tree →

note

nothing for maths

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.