(1):
(v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
(2):
(v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
(3):
(v. t.) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
(4):
(v. t.) 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.
(5):
(v. t.) To invite; to entertain.
(6):
(n.) Entreaty.
(7):
(v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.