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.

 

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