Sentence:  “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, <WSD>entreating</WSD> 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.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.