entreaty
Use Entreaty in a sentence
ti noun, plural en·treat·ies.
earnest request or petition; supplication.
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| —n , pl -treaties | |
| an earnest request or petition; supplication; plea | |
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Entreaty
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
Her winningly chipmunk-cheeked smile is doled out sparingly, a privilege to be earned, rather than an icebreaker or an entreaty.
He is so devoted to his work that he has resisted every entreaty to ac cept office, and refused nominations.
But no protest and no entreaty could make the commander in chief protect himself as much as his officers wished.
The defendant now maintains that he did not realize that he had the legal right to refuse to consent to the officers' entreaty.
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