Meaning & use
Intreat
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Archaic spelling of "entreat"; to ask someone earnestly or beg them to do something.
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In the old text, the servant intreats his master for mercy on bended knee.
"I do intreat your patience," the letter began, in the formal style of the period.
A note on using this word
"Intreat" was a common variant spelling of "entreat" in Early Modern English, including in the King James Bible, but has fallen out of use in modern writing.
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