entreating

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Noun

entreating noun

Entreaty

Verb

entreating 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.

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Synonyms

beseech adjure press bid entreaty treaty beseechment exhorting petition plea imploration imploring hortatory appeal supplication hortation

Rhymes

meant treating spent treating when treating

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