n. Alternative form of entreaty.v. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.v. 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. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.v. To invite; to entertain.v. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.v. To make an earnest petition or request.