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entreaty

[ en-tree-tee ]

noun

, plural en·treat·ies.
  1. earnest request or petition; supplication.

    Synonyms: solicitation, plea, suit, appeal



entreaty

/ ɪnˈtriːtɪ /

noun

  1. an earnest request or petition; supplication; plea


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Word History and Origins

Origin of entreaty1

First recorded in 1515–25; entreat + -y 3

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Example Sentences

Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

The music grew strange and fantastic—turbulent, insistent, plaintive and soft with entreaty.

But this entreaty had not passed her lips before M. Dufour started after Frederick.

No entreaty could induce them to retire, to rest themselves for the painful and arduous duties of the morrow.

At a gesture he gave of mute entreaty she went to the door, slowly and heavily, with dragging step.

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