English-French translations for entreat

implorer
Tout ce que je puis faire, Monsieur le Commissaire, c'est vous implorer de mettre cela en route rapidement et d'insister autant qu'il sera nécessaire auprès du Conseil pour en faire une réalité. All I can do, then, Commissioner, is to entreat you to get this under way quickly and to push the Council as necessary in order to make this happen.

To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask for earnestly
To beseech or supplicate ; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade
To invite; to entertain
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty
To make an earnest petition or request
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use
An entreaty. yes, obsolete; OED agrees; our 2006 cite looks like NNES error to me--

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