Begs with words
Entreats is the third-person singular of entreat, meaning to plead with or beg earnestly.
The word carries more urgency than a simple request—someone who entreats is asking with emotional intensity: She entreats him to reconsider, He entreats the court for mercy.
The tone is formal and somewhat literary.
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Begs with words
Entreats is the third-person singular of entreat, meaning to plead with or beg earnestly.
The word carries more urgency than a simple request—someone who entreats is asking with emotional intensity: She entreats him to reconsider, He entreats the court for mercy.
The tone is formal and somewhat literary.
1. pleading — implore, Urge with desperation; beseech (Plead urgently with someone); beg (Ask with desperation); supplicate (Beg earnestly and humbly); importune · adjure · plead · petition · appeal · invoke · conjure · exhort · urge · pray
MANNER OF REQUESTentreats ≠ commands Authoritative orders given; demands · orders · dictates · directs · compels
DIRECTION OF SOCIAL POWERentreats ≠ grants Awarded funds for purposes; bestows · refuses · denies · forbids · rejects
demands: demands, requires, needs, wants, requirement; prompts: prompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
entreat, entreaty, entreating, entreated
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/entreats