Definition of entreat

• v. t. - To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
• 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.
• v. t. - To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
• v. t. - To invite; to entertain.
• v. i. - To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
• v. i. - To make an earnest petition or request.
• n. - Entreaty.