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entreaty

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invocation
noun. prayer
  • abracadabra
  • appeal
  • beseeching
  • calling
  • command
  • conjuration
  • entreaty
  • hocus-pocus
  • hoodoo
  • mumbo jumbo
  • petition
  • rune
  • summons
  • supplication
  • voodoo

petition
noun. appeal, plea
  • address
  • application
  • entreaty
  • imploration
  • imprecation
  • invocation
  • memorial
  • prayer
  • request
  • round robin
  • solicitation
  • suit
  • supplication

plea
noun. begging request
  • appeal
  • application
  • entreaty
  • imploration
  • imprecation
  • intercession
  • orison
  • overture
  • petition
  • prayer
  • round robin
  • solicitation
  • suit
  • supplication

plead
verb. beg, request
  • appeal
  • ask
  • beseech
  • cop a plea
  • crave
  • crawl
  • entreat
  • entreaty
  • implore
  • importune
  • make up for
  • petition
  • pray
  • solicit
  • square things
  • supplicate

prayer
noun. pleading, especially with a deity;
  • answer adoration
  • appeal
  • application
  • begging
  • benediction
  • beseeching
  • communion
  • devotion
  • entreaty
  • grace
  • imploration
  • imploring
  • imprecation
  • invocation
  • litany
  • orison
  • petition
  • plea
  • pleading
  • request
  • request for help
  • rogation
  • service
  • suit
  • supplication
  • worship

request
noun. question or petition
  • appeal
  • application
  • asking
  • begging
  • call
  • commercial
  • demand
  • desire
  • entreaty
  • inquiry
  • invitation
  • offer
  • prayer
  • recourse
  • requisition
  • solicitation
  • suit
  • supplication

suit
noun. appeal, request
  • address
  • application
  • asking
  • attention
  • court
  • courtship
  • entreaty
  • imploration
  • imprecation
  • invocation
  • petition
  • plea
  • prayer
  • requesting
  • solicitation
  • soliciting
  • supplication
  • wooing

supplication
noun. appeal
  • ave
  • entreaty
  • litany
  • obsecration
  • petition
  • plea
  • prayer
  • request
  • rogation
  • solicitation

imploration
noun. appeal
  • address
  • adjuration
  • application
  • bid
  • call
  • claim
  • demand
  • entreaty
  • importunity
  • invocation
  • overture
  • petition
  • plea
  • prayer
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • question
  • recourse
  • requisition
  • solicitation
  • submission
  • suit
  • supplication
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Word Origin & History

entreaty 1520s; see entreat.

Example Sentences for entreaty

It is always pleasant to do on entreaty what we might be driven to do unasked.

It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it.

A motion of prohibition that had in it none of the grace of entreaty, checked his formula.

The entreaty in the eyes almost melted him, but he said no more.

In hers there was tenderness, expostulation, entreaty; in his some shade of mingled horror and regret.

Through my entreaty you decided to leave with me for Vienna.

He raised himself, and stretched out his arms towards her with a gesture of entreaty.

Your advice and your entreaty are what were to be expected from a kind, good father.

His voice is wonderfully steady, but there is always the same searching look of entreaty on his face.

He looked at Rita, and met her eyes fixed on him in a mute anguish of entreaty.

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