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entreaty

[ en-tree-tee ]

noun

plural entreaties.
  1. earnest request or petition; supplication.

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entreaty

/ ɪˈٰːɪ /

noun

  1. an earnest request or petition; supplication; plea
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of entreaty1

First recorded in 1515–25; entreat + -y 3
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It quotes a few of the rioters including Alex Harkrider, who sought release from prison before his trial, by arguing that "like thousands of others" he was merely "responding to the entreaties" of Trump.

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As a grandson who lived with him frantically packed a car, Nickerson refused all entreaties to evacuate.

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Now 76, the artist had long waved off filmmaker entreaties but was finally intrigued enough to take part in a technological experiment that mirrored a process he embraced decades ago.

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Newsom has rebuffed those entreaties, and the White House seems no closer to making any significant moves forward.

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By limiting its attacks to military targets, Israel may have been heeding entreaties by the Biden administration to avoid Iran’s oil fields and nuclear research facilities as a way to temper any Iranian retaliation.

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