intreating
/ɪnˈtritɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of intreat: the act of asking someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; begging or imploring.
- She spent the evening intreating her boss to give her a second chance.
- The child was intreating his mother for a puppy with big, sad eyes.
- Intreating the officials did no good; they had already made up their minds.