Wish vs Entreat - What's the difference?
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a desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen
an expression of such a desire etc.
the process of expressing or thinking about such a desire etc. (often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power(s)
the thing desired or longed for
* 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw)
(Sussex) a water meadow.
(label) To desire; to want.
* (William Shakespeare)
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To hope (for a particular outcome).
* (John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
* 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw)
To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
* (William Shakespeare)
* Bible, (Psalms) xl. 14
To request or desire to do an activity.
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, title= (label) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
* (Ben Jonson)
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(obsolete) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Jer. xv. 11
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.
* Shakespeare
* Edgar Allan Poe
To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
* Rogers
* 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
* 1937 , Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Walt Disney:
(obsolete) To invite; to entertain.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
* Hakewill
* Bible, 1 Mac. x. 47
(obsolete) To make an earnest petition or request.
* Knolles
As nouns the difference between wish and entreat
is that wish is a desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen while entreat is alternative form of lang=en.As verbs the difference between wish and entreat
is that wish is to desire; to want while entreat is to treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.wish
English
Noun
(es)- Your dearest wish will come true.
- "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
Usage notes
* Collocates with make for the common expression make a wish . SeeDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "wish") * death wish * best wishes * good wishes * make a wish * wishbone * wishful * wish list/wishlist/wish-list * your wish is my commandSee also
* precatory * velleityVerb
(es)- I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you.
- This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
- Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
- I would not wish them to a fairer death.
- Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
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- I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
Usage notes
* In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
(Terms derived from the verb "wish") * as you wish * half wish * I wish * unwish * well-wisher * wisher * you wishentreat
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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
(en verb)- Fairly let her be entreated .
- I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.
- I do entreat your patience.
- some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door
- It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat .
- “But I cannot persuade her to go away, my lady,” said the footman; “nor can any of the servants. Mrs. Fairfax is with her just now, entreating her to be gone; but she has taken a chair in the chimney-comer, and says nothing shall stir her from it till she gets leave to come in here.”
- One heart / Tenderly beating / Ever entreating / Constant and true
- pleasures to entreat
- of which I shall have further occasion to entreat
- Alexander was first that entreated of true peace with them.
- The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.