Entreaties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entreaty \En*treat"y\, n.; pl. {Entreaties}.
     1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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     2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer;
        earnest petition; pressing solicitation.


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              Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser.
  
     Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
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