\En*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entreated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Entreating}.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF.
entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat.
See {Treat}.]
1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]
         Fairly let her be entreated.          --Shak.
         I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. --Jer.
                                               xv. 11.
2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence,
   to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with
   urgency; to supplicate; to importune. ``Entreat my wife to
   come.'' ``I do entreat your patience.'' --Shak.
         I must entreat of you some of that money. --Shak.
         Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber
         door.                                 --Poe.
         Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. --Gen. xxv.
                                               21.
3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by
   prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
         It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom
         no prayers could entreat.             --Rogers.
4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] ``Pleasures to entreat.''
   --Spenser.
Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate.
     See {Beseech}.

\En*treat"\, v. i.
1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations,
   as for a treaty. [Obs.]
         Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.
                                               --Hakewill.
         Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true
         peace with them.                      --1 Mac. x.
                                               47.
2. To make an earnest petition or request.
         The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
                                               --Knolles.

\En*treat"\, n.
Entreaty. [Obs.] --Ford.