entreat vs leed

entreat

noun
  • An entreaty. 

verb
  • 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. 

leed

noun
  • Patter; rigmarole. 

  • A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow. 

  • A constant or repeated line or verse; theme. 

  • The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction. 

  • Language; tongue. 

  • A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language). 

How often have the words entreat and leed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )