entreaty

Noun

 * 1) The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
 * 2) * 1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202,
 * In all commands or entreaties, the ſtate commanded, or entreated, muſt be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expreſſes it.
 * 1) * 1964 October, P. F. Strawson, Intention and Convention in Speech Acts, , Volume 73, Number 4, page 444,
 * We can readily imagine circumstances in which an utterance of the words "Don't go" would be correctly described not as a request or an order, but as an entreaty.
 * 1)  A treatment; reception; entertainment.
 * 1)  A treatment; reception; entertainment.
 * 1)  A treatment; reception; entertainment.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
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 * Armenian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, smeekgebed
 * Faroese: (innilig) bøn
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Flehen, Anflehen, Anflehung
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δέησις
 * Hiligaynon: alumgay
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: impí, achainí
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خواست
 * Latin: obsecratio
 * Plautdietsch: Jebäd
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian: preklinjanje
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,