ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEentreat
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entreat
Meaning: to ask someone earnestly or desperately
entreat in a sentence
How entreat is used in real sentences:
The villagers entreated the governor to send food before winter arrived.
The prisoner entreated the judge to consider the newly discovered evidence.
“At weekly meetings, officials would entreat Mara to make the monument brighter and more celebratory, warning that commuters disliked difficult art.”
— from the passage Against the Metal
Synonyms for entreat
Other words for entreat — implore, beseech and beg — carry the same meaning.
- implore
- beseech
- beg
Antonyms of entreat
Words that mean the opposite of entreat:
- command
- order
- direct
Where it comes from
From Old French entraiter, meaning 'to deal with or appeal to.'
Memory hook
ENTREAT sounds like 'in trouble': when in trouble, you may entreat someone for help.