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1. adj. expressing entreaty or supplication Source: wordnet
2. Suppliant; beseeching. Bp. Hopkins. Precatory words (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust. Jarman. Source: webster
3. s. expressing entreaty or supplication Source: ecdict

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entreaty expressing supplication words beseeching cases creating directions distinguished employed expectation express hopkins law recommendation request suppliant trust wills wish

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Precambrian precancerous precant precariats

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