entreatment

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noun

entreaty; pleading or invitation

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Meanings

nounentreatment (countable and uncountable, plural entreatments)

plural entreatments

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableentreaty; pleading or invitation

    From this time be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence; set your entreatments at a higher rate than a command to parley.

    1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, scene 3

Origin

From entreat + -ment.

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entreatment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entreatment

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“entreatment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entreatment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entreatment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entreatment.

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