entreat

• Verb, das ausdrückt, dass jemand eindringlich, inständig oder mit Sorge um etwas bittet; jemanden dringend um etwas ersuchen.

A verb used to express the act of asking someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; to beg or implore.

1. To ask earnestlyC1formal

   To ask someone in a serious and emotional way to do something; to beg or implore.

   Anflehen

   • She entreated the judge to show mercy.
   • He entreated his friend to stay a little longer.
   • The villagers entreated the king for help during the drought.

   Synonymebegbeseechimploreimportunesupplicate

   Antonymecommanddemandinsistorder