About The Word Entreaty
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Entreaty
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What's The Definition Of Entreaty?
[n] earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Entreaty: appeal | prayer Related Terms | Find terms related to Entreaty: adjuration | aid prayer | Angelus | appeal | application | Ave | Ave Maria | beadroll | beads | beseechment | bid | bidding prayer | breviary | call | chaplet | clamor | collect | communion | contemplation | cry | devotions | grace | Hail Mary | impetration | imploration | imploring | imprecation | intercession | invocation | invocatory plea | Kyrie Eleison | litany | meditation | obsecration | obtestation | orison | Paternoster | petition | plea | prayer | prayer wheel | rogation | rosary | silent prayer | suit | supplication | thanks | thanksgiving See Also | adjuration | asking | courting | courtship | demagoguery | demagogy | plea | request | solicitation | suit | supplication | wooing Entreaty In Webster's Dictionary \En*treat"y\, n.; pl. {Entreaties}.
1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer;
earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser.
Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
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