noun entreaty.
2. entreat ·vi to make an earnest petition or request.
3. entreat ·vt to invite; to entertain.
4. entreat ·vt to treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
5. entreat ·vi to treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
6. entreat ·vt to beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
7. entreat ·vt 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.