Usually means: Plea or request, often earnest.
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  1. entreaty: Merriam-Webster
  2. entreaty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. entreaty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. entreaty: Collins English Dictionary
  5. entreaty: Vocabulary.com
  6. Entreaty, entreaty: Wordnik
  7. entreaty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. entreaty: Wiktionary
  9. entreaty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. entreaty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. entreaty: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Entreaty, entreaty: Dictionary.com
  13. Entreaty: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. entreaty: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. entreaty: Rhymezone
  16. Entreaty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. entreaty: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. entreaty: FreeDictionary.org
  19. entreaty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. entreaty: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. entreaty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. entreaty: Legal dictionary

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  1. entreaty: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
noun:  (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

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