different between entreat vs conjure

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman entretier, from Old French entraiter, from en- + traiter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?i?t/, /?n?t?i?t/, /?n?t?i?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

entreat (third-person singular simple present entreats, present participle entreating, simple past and past participle entreated)

1. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask for earnestly.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

     If you be she, I doe intreat your patience.
2. To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
   • 1789, John Rogers, The Nature and Influence of the Fear of God (sermon)

     It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII

     “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.”

   • 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:

     One heart / Tenderly beating / Ever entreating / Constant and true

3. (obsolete) To invite; to entertain.
4. (obsolete) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
   • 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie ... of the Power and Providence of God

     of which I shall have further occasion to intreate

   • 1611, King James Bible, 1 Maccabees x. 47

     Alexander […] was first that entreated of true peace with them.

5. (obsolete, intransitive) To make an earnest petition or request.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

     Fairly let her be entreated.

   • 1611 King James Bible, Jeremiah xv. 11

     I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.

Translations

Noun

entreat (plural entreats)

1. (obsolete) An entreaty.
   • 1661, Samuel Pordage, Mundorum Explicatio

     Let my entreats of Love prevail so far, / When for your happinesse they spoken are: […]

   • 2006, Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books,^[2] Rowman & Littlefield, ?ISBN, 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.

Anagrams

• Arnette, Ternate, ratteen, ternate

English

Etymology

From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coni?r? (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + i?ro (“I swear or take an oath”).

Pronunciation

• Senses relating to magic tricks and imagination:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nd???(?)/, /?k?nd???(?)/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nd????/
  • Rhymes: -?nd??(?), -?nd??(?)
• Senses relating to religious or solemn actions:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?d????(?)/

Verb

conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)

1. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.

   He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.

2. (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
4. (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
5. (transitive) To evoke. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.

   Synonyms: envisage, imagine, picture, visualize

7. (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.

   • I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again.

8. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.

Translations

Noun

conjure (uncountable)

1. (African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Derived terms

Related terms

• conjuration

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.?y?/

Verb

conjure

1. first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
5. second-person singular imperative of conjurer

Middle English

Verb

conjure

1. Alternative form of conjuren

Portuguese

Verb

conjure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
3. third-person singular imperative of conjurar

Spanish

Verb

conjure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.