n. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
n. A treatment; reception; entertainment.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Treatment; reception; entertainment.
n. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Treatment; entertainment; reception.
n. Urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation; supplication.
n.Synonyms Request, Appeal, etc. (see prayer), solicitation, importunity.
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n. earnest or urgent request
Word Usage
"Obeying this impulse, and also a look of entreaty from the Curé, she affixed her own signature as witness to the document, and this despite the fact that both the Marquise and her son threw her a look of hate which might have made a weaker spirit tremble with foreboding."