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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entreat/ɪnˈtriːt/

▶verb

1 ask (someone) earnestly or anxiously to do something.
■ ask earnestly or anxiously for.

2 archaic treat in a specified manner.

– derivatives
entreating adjective,
entreatingly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. entraitier, based on traitier ‘to treat’, from L. tractare ‘to handle’.

'entreat' also found in these Oxford entries:

inexorable - obsecration - pray - urge

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