Noun

1. • 2006, Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 978-0-7425-5094-0, page 236:

     In the Muslim world, the most compelling and decisive books are those full of confessions written on the flesh of victims, and the most earnest prayers are the entreats for mercy screamed in pain and anguish at the tormentors and flesh and thought.

Verb

1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
2. 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.
3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
4. To invite; to entertain.
5. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
6. To make an earnest petition or request.