entreaty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun earnest or urgent request
    appeal; prayer.
    • an entreaty to stop the fighting
    • an appeal for help
    • an appeal to the public to keep calm

WordNet

En*treat"y noun
Wordforms
plural Entreaties
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913