(v. t.) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
(v. t.) To invite; to entertain.
(v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
(v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
(n.) Entreaty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Flattered, entreated, begged by the rest of the committee, he did not yield: "Recommendations are recommendations, there it is"; and "I honestly believe it's all there"; "I promise you I have done my very best"; "if I hadn't thought my recommendations were fit for purpose, I would not have made them"; "with all due respect, I could not have done any more than I did".
(2) He spends most of the book entreating actors and directors, whom he compares to generals, to master their craft.
(3) Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to "switch off your TV set, and go do something less boring instead".
(4) I have tried to distract, grab and run but my little one slays me with his doleful eyes, entreating: "What if I get an ouchy in the playground?"
(5) But as the final entry in Hansberry's journal entreated: "If anything should happen - before 'tis done - may I trust that all commas and periods will be placed and someone will complete my thoughts.
(6) Front and center will be whether the president has obstructed justice – first, by entreating Comey to “let go” of the Flynn investigation, and second, by firing Comey.
(7) Rather than reach out he retreats, and roils at the fickleness of everything – entreating media boosters to validate him, telling the colleagues they have no right to desert him, while pondering who he can jettison in order to save himself.
(8) 9.33pm BST 89 min: Diego Simeone entreats his own support to make noise by throwing some frantic semaphore shapes.
(9) Another campaign poster, referring to the clan name of the late leader, entreats: "Do it for Madiba, vote ANC!"
(10) And he knew that when people went to WikiLeaks, they weren’t going to find damaging information about [his allies] Steve Bannon or Reince Priebus or the RNC [Republican National Committee].” Donald Trump to Russia: hack and publish Hillary Clinton's 'missing' emails Read more At his last press conference, in July, Trump effectively asked a foreign power to carry out cyber-espionage, entreating Russia to find Clinton’s 30,000 “missing” emails , from the private server she used while secretary of state.
Suitor
Definition:
(n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
(n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
(n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
(n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) As a suitor for the hand of a beautiful princess, you’ll have to overcome the royal family, the palace guards and rival players to deliver your love letter.
(2) If only the suitors could find the words and the means.
(3) With Robert Snodgrass having only 18 months remaining on his contract, the manager’s biggest battle looks certain to be a tug of war with the gifted Scotland winger’s assorted suitors.
(4) The company's 340-strong workforce, including 120 at its Corby factory, were left with an uncertain future after a firm offer failed to materialise from a suitor in Hong Kong, its distributor YGM Trading, despite an informal agreement being signed.
(5) Ramsey said one of the reasons he resisted offers from other suitors, including Manchester United, was that Arsenal are renowned for giving teenage players plenty of first-team action.
(6) The £140m cost for United – or any prospective suitor – would be the transfer fee of around £60m and his basic wage, should he agree to around £380,000 a-week as a gross figure, which on a four-year contract amounts to £79m.
(7) Vinterberg's version stars Carey Mulligan as headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, while Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Matthias Schoenarts play the contrasting suitors who jockey for her attention.
(8) The potential suitors include RTL, owner of Channel Five, and Italy's Mediaset.
(9) If García leaves, then he is unlikely to be short of potential suitors.
(10) It was reported that during the last three days discussions had been taking place with a potential UK banking suitor.
(11) I would say so, yes,” said Martínez on Byram having rival suitors.
(12) That could mean any potential suitors are able to purchase him for less, although Gladbach are understood to be preparing to offer him a new deal.
(13) In Croatia, Arsenal are being mentioned more often than any other potential suitor and now that Arsène Wenger has won something again, is it finally time for him to bring in a world-class striker?
(14) Previous suitors have reportedly included Lloyds Development Capital.
(15) Successive cables show the US embassy in Zagreb monitoring the 2006 takeover of Pliva, one of the largest drugmakers in Central and Eastern Europe , by US based Barr Pharmaceuticals, which won a bidding war with a rival Icelandic suitor, Actavis.
(16) Gaston is the Beast’s rival suitor for Belle, the young girl played by Emma Watson .
(17) When further questioned as to whether this view would rule BT out as a Channel 5 suitor in the short term, Petter said: "It counts us out for any term."
(18) Having made his league debut only at the end of October, Sanches was rewarded with a new contract containing a release clause of €45m a few weeks later to ward off any potential suitors.
(19) The 21-year-old has scored two goals and created two in the league so far and produced another influential display in last weekend’s 3-1 defeat of Chelsea , albeit with his contribution overshadowed by the champions’ malaise, Steven Naismith’s hat-trick and John Stones’ display against his summer suitors.
(20) She’s shortly followed by her suitor, a huge fellow determined to win her over by marking his territory on every tree he can find.