1. past tense and past participle of intreat; to ask earnestly or urgently; to plead with
Usage: archaic spelling of ‘entreated’

Examples

• The prisoner intreated the judge for mercy.
• She intreated him to reconsider his decision.
• The villagers intreated the lord to lower their taxes.
• He intreated her forgiveness with tears in his eyes.
• The messenger intreated the king to hear his urgent news.
• They intreated the gods for a good harvest.