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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. earnest or urgent request;
- Example: "an entreaty to stop the fighting"
- Example: "an appeal for help"
- Example: "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
[syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Entreaty \En*treat"y\, n.; pl. Entreaties.
   1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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   2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer;
      earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
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            Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser.

   Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

entreaty
    n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
         fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public
         to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal]