ENTREATIES

Noun

entreaties

plural of entreaty

Source: Wiktionary


ENTREATY

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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