entreating
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English
Definitions
verb
- To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask for earnestly.
- To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
- To invite; to entertain.
- To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
noun
- Entreaty
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beseechadjurepressbidentreatytreatybeseechmentexhortingpetitionpleaimplorationimploringhortatoryappealsupplicationhortation