2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer;
earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
[1913 Webster]
Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser.
Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity. [1913 Webster] ||
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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