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entreaty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appeal, prayer |
| Type of | request, asking |
| Has types | courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, solicitation, suit, supplication, adjuration, wooing, courting |
an entreaty to stop the fighting.
Examples of entreaty
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In overtime, the Jets opened in the shotgun, as per their quarterback's entreaty.
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Technically the governor's entreaty has no standing, while the sworn complaint does.
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Attenborough ends the series with an entreaty for the conservation of plant species.
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I hit the Send button to speed the entreaty to the other side of the house.
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The preview disc arrived with Weiner's usual entreaty to critics to not tell anything.
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Perhaps this recent tweet entreaty toward the creator of the Kindlegraph provides a clue?
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City officials listened politely before brushing the entreaty aside.
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With the help of my brother, she posted her entreaty online, with images of Sunday and Murph.
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Duncan's entreaty to do more with less may be meant to inspire.
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- Earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
- (entreat) bid: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- Entreaty was a black New Zealand breeding mare. She bred twelve horses, one of which was the legendary Phar Lap. Entreaty's first foal, Fortune's Wheel, a filly by Night Raid, showed no potential as a racehorse. ...
- Entreat is a live album by The Cure, recorded at London's Wembley Arena in July 1989. It consists entirely of songs performed from the band's 1989 record Disintegration; while they were on their international Prayer Tour. Entreat was distributed exclusively in France as a promotional tool. ...
- The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation; A treatment; reception; entertainment
- (entreat) Alternative form of entreaty; To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use; To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune; To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon ...
- (entreat) (v) to ask earnestly or urgently; beseech; implore
- (entreat) mistreat, or plead with or for.
- A treaty regarding nuclear proliferation. - e.g., The UN entreaty bans the use of nuclear weapons.
