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Thesaurus: entreaty

Treatment; reception; entertainment.

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  1. n. Treatment; reception; entertainment.
  2. n. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
  3. n. earnest or urgent request
  4. 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser. Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
  5. n:100 n. earnest or urgent request