verb
- to ask someone earnestly or urgently; to plead with
Usage: archaic spelling of ‘entreat’
Examples
- The prisoner did intreat the king for mercy.
- She intreated him to reconsider his decision.
- The villagers intreated the lord to spare their homes.
- He intreated her with tears in his eyes.
- The courtier intreated the queen for an audience.
- They intreated the judge to show leniency.