0 present participle of entreat
1 to try very hard to persuade someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] We would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.
Students, professors, workmen, citizensrepresentative menwere entreating the ministers and the professional politicians.
There are fourteen main sections defined by moods, such as cautious, entreating, agitated, and angry, until finally, the door opens.
