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

“intreated” is a form of

intreat

verb

Also a form of entreat

Forms intreats intreating intreated intreatest intreatedst intreateth

  1. verb (transitive) To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour); to beseech, to implore.
  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 (intransitive) Sometimes followed by of or upon: to give an account or description of a matter; to deal with.
  8. verb (intransitive) Often followed by about, for, or of: to discuss or negotiate, especially in order to reach a settlement.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb See Entreat. Spenser.

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