entreaty

[ en-tree-tee ]

noun

, plural en·treat·ies.

1. earnest request or petition; supplication.

   Synonyms: solicitation, plea, suit, appeal

entreaty

/ ɪnˈtriːtɪ /

noun

1. an earnest request or petition; supplication; plea

Word History and Origins

Origin of entreaty¹

First recorded in 1515–25; entreat + -y ³

Example Sentences

Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

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The music grew strange and fantastic—turbulent, insistent, plaintive and soft with entreaty.

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But this entreaty had not passed her lips before M. Dufour started after Frederick.

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No entreaty could induce them to retire, to rest themselves for the painful and arduous duties of the morrow.

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At a gesture he gave of mute entreaty she went to the door, slowly and heavily, with dragging step.

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