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"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "eseng"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "kérlel"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "obsecrō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "apelować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaapelować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umoljátʹ",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "умоля́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pṛcchati",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "पृच्छति"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "rogar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "suplicar"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "keñcu",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "கெஞ்சு"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "kuk-"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "blahaty",
"sense": "to beseech or supplicate; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade",
"word": "благати"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to invite; to entertain",
"word": "invitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to invite; to entertain",
"word": "compartir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty",
"word": "negociar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty",
"word": "conversar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prosítʹ",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to make an earnest petition or request",
"word": "проси́ть"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "róng kŏr",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use",
"word": "ร้องขอ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "wing won",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use",
"word": "วิงวอน"
}
],
"word": "entreat"
}
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "xno",
"3": "entretier"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "entraiter"
},
"expansion": "Old French entraiter",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "en-"
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "fro",
"2": "traiter"
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}
],
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{
"form": "entreats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"ref": "1661, Samuel Pordage, Mundorum Explicatio",
"text": "Let my entreats of Love prevail so far, / When for your happinesse they spoken are: […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books, Rowman & Littlefield, page 236",
"text": "In the Muslim world, the most compelling and decisive books are those full of confessions written on the flesh of victims, and the most earnest prayers are the entreats for mercy screamed in pain and anguish at the tormentors and flesh and thought.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"An entreaty."
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"entreaty"
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"ipa": "/ɪnˈtɹiːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ənˈtɹiːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈtɹiːt/"
},
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"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
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"word": "entreat"
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