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Definition of Entreaty
1. Noun. Earnest or urgent request. "An appeal to the public to keep calm"
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Specialized synonyms: Adjuration, Demagoguery, Demagogy, Plea, Supplication, Solicitation, Suit, Courting, Courtship, Suit, Wooing
Derivative terms: Appeal
Definition of Entreaty
1. n. Treatment; reception; entertainment.
Definition of Entreaty
1. Noun. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Entreaty
1. an earnest request [n -TREATIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entreaty
Literary usage of Entreaty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... staying to hope she would find it comfortable, left her with an anxious entreaty
that she would make as little alteration as possible in her dress. ..."
2. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1878)
"Edward told him he hoped at last only ° r on Edward'» that he would not stand
out alone, " and be entreaty. more repugnant to his will than all ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862- entreaty for the Belgian cities. Lit Digest Maguire,
Mary C. '15 Maeterlinck's appeal to America and Italy, il 50:54-5 Ja 9 '15 ..."
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