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English Dictionary: entreaty	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entreaty n earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" Synonym(s): entreaty, prayer, appeal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entreaty \En*treat"y\, n.; pl. {Entreaties}. 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser. Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.