entreat

Plural: entreats

Verb

Verb Forms: entreated, entreating, entreats

To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
ask for or request earnestly
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask for earnestly.
To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
To invite; to entertain.
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
To make an earnest petition or request.
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

Noun

An entreaty.

Examples

He had to entreat his opponent not to challenge his obscure, yet valid, Scrabble word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English entreten, from Anglo-Norman entretier, from Old French entraiter, from en- + traiter.

Synonyms

adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press

Scrabble Score: 7

entreat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
entreat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
entreat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

entreat: valid Words With Friends Word