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entreaty

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/ɪnˈtɹiːti/ (UK)
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/ɪnˈtɹiːti/ (UK) · /ənˈtɹiːti/ (UK) · /ɛnˈtɹiːti/ (UK) · /ɛnˈtɹiːti/ (US) · /ɪnˈtɹiːti/ (US) · /ənˈtɹiːti/ (US)

Definition of entreaty

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
    “1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202, In all commands or entreaties, the ſtate commanded, or entreated, muſt be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expreſſes it.”
    “She gathered many of the stones which I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties when I begged her to desist.”
    “1964 October, P. F. Strawson, Intention and Convention in Speech Acts, The Philosophical Review, Volume 73, Number 4, page 444, We can readily imagine circumstances in which an utterance of the words "Don't go" would be correctly described not as a request or an order, but as an entreaty.”
    “The entreaties of a lover and the rejection of the heroine lend charm to the stanza.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
    “1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202, In all commands or entreaties, the ſtate commanded, or entreated, muſt be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expreſſes it.”
    “She gathered many of the stones which I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties when I begged her to desist.”
    “1964 October, P. F. Strawson, Intention and Convention in Speech Acts, The Philosophical Review, Volume 73, Number 4, page 444, We can readily imagine circumstances in which an utterance of the words "Don't go" would be correctly described not as a request or an order, but as an entreaty.”
    “The entreaties of a lover and the rejection of the heroine lend charm to the stanza.”
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A treatment; reception; entertainment.

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Etymology

From entreat + -y.

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