Associations to the word «Entreaty»

Wiktionary

ENTREATY, noun. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
ENTREATY, noun. (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

Dictionary definition

ENTREATY, noun. Earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope