Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Something entreated, as a favor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Entreaty; invitation.

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  • noun obsolete entreaty; invitation

Etymologies

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entreat +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • The resistance we will face, or our Saudi and Talib proxies would face after we engage in such entreatment, will re reflected in headlines, not about the South and East of the country, but the North.

    Is Afghanistan Obama's Weakness? 2009

  • But over half of the Afghan population does not, and will not accept the results of such entreatment.

    Is Afghanistan Obama's Weakness? 2009

  • Before you, my "progressive" friends, advocate such craven entreatment of the Taliban and such abandonment of our natural friends and allies in Afghanistan to the not so tender mercies of Talibs and Salafists, I suggest you read some real history.

    Is Afghanistan Obama's Weakness? 2009

  • Grange, [584] and otheris, repugned to thare purpoise, fearing least that the eschaping of the otheris should be ane occasioun of thare warse entreatment.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • It tiptoed, it swayed, and genuflected, and shook itself in an agony of entreatment.

    A Shepherd of the Sierras 1900

  • It tiptoed, it swayed, and genuflected, and shook itself in an agony of entreatment.

    A Shepherd of the Sierras 1900

  • He said, and devised foul entreatment of noble Hector, stretching him prone in the dust beside the bier of Menoitios 'son.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • He said, and devised foul entreatment of noble Hector.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • "Mr Whitstable, I con you hearty thanks for your good and just entreatment of me," said Aubrey, "and if ever your occasions call you into Cumberland, I promise you a true welcome at Selwick Hall."

    It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • It gives me much pleasure to hear of Mr. Hobhouse's and Mr. Merivale's good entreatment by the journals you mention.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

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