All 5 Uses of
entreat
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- HERMIA I do entreat your grace to pardon me.†
Scene 1.1entreat = ask earnestly
- — But, masters, here are your parts: and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight; there will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogg'd with company, and our devices known.†
Scene 1.2
- BOTTOM Nay, you must name his name, and half his face must be seen through the lion's neck; and he himself must speak through, saying thus, or to the same defect,—'Ladies,' or, 'Fair ladies, I would wish you, or, I would request you, or, I would entreat you, not to fear, not to tremble: my life for yours.†
Scene 3.1
- If she cannot entreat, I can compel.
Scene 3.2 *entreat = persuade
- LYSANDER Thou canst compel no more than she entreat; Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers.†
Scene 3.2entreat = ask earnestly
Definition:
to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance