Definition of Entreaty. Meaning of Entreaty. Synonyms of Entreaty

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Definition of Entreaty

Entreaty
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.

Meaning of Entreaty from wikipedia

- Entreaty was a black New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred mare, who was unplaced in her only race start. She produced twelve horses, one of which was the champion...
- attempts to increase its revenues. The last Avignon pope, Gregory XI, at the entreaty of relatives, friends, and his retinue, decided to return to Rome on 17...
- antislavery Democratic Party members, Lincoln resisted early Republican entreaties, fearing that the new party would become a platform for extreme abolitionists...
- Direction of the War, also known as the "Big Six") were privately making entreaties to the publicly neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace on terms more favorable...
- the spectral hand. It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him. Holding up his...
- (rejoicing in merit of the good deeds of oneself and others) Adhyesana (prayer, entreaty) and yacana (supplication) – request to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to continue...
- respect from, the Pops' ranks, culminating in this latest instance. After entreaties by the management and personal apologies from the musicians, Williams...
- the Lombards. With the Byzantine military focused on the East, these entreaties proved unsuccessful; in 584, Pelagius II wrote to Gregory as apocrisiarius...
- the life of the heretic Priscillian. At first, Maximus acceded to his entreaty, but, when Martin had departed, yielded to Ithacius and ordered Priscillian...
- French. cri de cœur "cry from the heart": an imp****ioned outcry, as of entreaty or protest. In French, the exact expression is cri du cœur. demi-monde...