Entreating ppl. a.

[f. ENTREAT v. + -ING².] That entreats, in senses of the verb.

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1718. Rowe, trans. Lucan, I. 629/24.

	When for Redress intreating Armies call,
	They who deny just Things, permit ’em All.

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1863. Geo. Eliot, Romola, I. vi. Her eyes … made a timid entreating appeal.

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Hence Entreatingly adv.

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1850. J. A. St. John, in Tait’s Mag., XVII. 25/1. Looking entreatingly into the face of the baker.

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1866. Geo. Eliot, F. Holt, II. xxvii. 179. ‘No,’ said Felix, entreatingly. ‘Don’t move yet.’

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