1. [noun] Alternative form of entreaty
2. [verb] (obsolete) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
3. [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.
4. [verb] To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
5. [verb] (obsolete) To invite; to entertain.
6. [verb] (obsolete) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
7. [verb] (obsolete) To make an earnest petition or request.
8. [verb] Ask for or request earnestly; 'The prophet bid all people to become good persons'.
