Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entreaty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entreaty
n : earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public
to keep calm" [syn: {prayer}, {appeal}]
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