C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary, entreat

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enforced - ensinewed:

enskied: - eringo:

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entreat vb. (the sense ‘ask earnestly’ is the usual one, and occurs with various constructions)

1. to treat R2 III. i. 37, 2H6 II. iv. 82, 3H6 I. i. 271, R3 IV. iv. 152, Troil. IV. iv. 113.

2. to beguile, pass (the time) Rom. IV. i. 40.

3. to enter into negotiations 2H6 IV. iv. 9 “I'll send some holy bishop to ” ; (hence) to intercede, plead AYL. IV. iii. 74, Lr. III. iii. 6.

A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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