Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“entreated” is a form of

entreat

UK /ɪnˈtɹiːt/ · US /ɪnˈtɹit/ verb, noun

Forms entreats entreating entreated entreatest entreatedst entreateth intreat

  1. verb (transitive) To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).
  2. verb (transitive) To earnestly ask or beg (someone); to beseech, to implore.
  3. verb (transitive, obsolete) To try to influence or persuade (someone); to induce, to prevail upon.
  4. verb (intransitive) Often followed by for: to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc.; to appeal, to plead.
  5. verb (intransitive, archaic) To make a petition or request on behalf of someone; to intercede, to plead.
  6. verb (transitive) To act towards or deal with (someone or something) in a specified manner; to handle, to treat.
  7. verb (transitive) To discuss or negotiate (something); also, to discuss or negotiate with (someone).
  8. verb (transitive, reflexive) To occupy oneself with (something).
  9. noun (obsolete) Synonym of entreaty (“an act of asking earnestly or begging for something”); an appeal, a plea.

Synonyms

supplicate entreaty bid beseech adjure press conjure

Etymology

The verb is derived from Late Middle English entreten (“to deal with (someone) in a specified way; to concern oneself with (something); to deal with or give an account of (a topic); to engage in negotiation; to intercede for (someone); to plead with (someone)”), from Anglo-Norman entraiter, entretier (“to concern oneself with (something); to deal with (someone) in a specified manner; to have a conversation with (someone); to negotiate (with someone, or about something)”), Middle French entraiter, entraictier, and Old French entraictier (“to have a conversation with (someone); to concern oneself with (something)”), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + traiter (“to be concerned with (something); to treat (someone) in a specified way”) (from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to handle, manage; to drag, haul”), from trahō (“to drag, pull; etc.”) (see that entry for the further etymology) + -tō (frequentative suffix)).
The noun is derived from Late Middle English entrete (“agreement; negotiation; treatment of a subject in discourse”), from the verb.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]
  2. verb 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. "Entreat my wife to come." "I do entreat your patience." Shak.
  3. verb To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.]
  4. verb To make an earnest petition or request.

Etymology [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “entreat”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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