An entreaty.

To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask for earnestly.

To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.

(obsolete) To invite; to entertain.

(obsolete) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

(obsolete, intransitive) To make an earnest petition or request.

(obsolete, transitive) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.