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entreatment
Variant of entreat
transitive verb
- Archaic to behave toward; treat
- to ask earnestly; beg; beseech; implore
intransitive verb
- to make an earnest appeal; plead
- Obsolete to speak or write (of)
Related Forms:
- entreatingly adverb
- entreatment noun
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