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Definition of entreaty : 1. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
2. Treatment; reception; entertainment.

Synonyms:

supplicant, ingathering, ask, imploration, collection, orison, charm, appealingness

appeal, solicitation, bid, plea, invitation, invocation, supplication, prayer, petition, request, address, application, approach

probe, desire, want, question, urge, requisition, inquiry, summons, query, demand, wish

excuse, justification, suit, explanation, defense

Usage examples:

• Peter sank back, but there was entreaty in his gleaming eyes. - "The Lamp in the Desert", Ethel M. Dell.
• At last four o'clock began to strike, and Mere- Grand raised her white hands with a gesture of supreme entreaty. - "Paris From the "Three Cities"", Emile Zola.
• There was such a passion of entreaty in his voice that Muriel was deeply touched. - "The Way of an Eagle", Ethel M. Dell.