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entreaty

noun
/ɪnˈtɹiːti/UK/ɛnˈtɹiːti/US

Etymology

From entreat + -y.

  1. inherited from entrete — “agreement; negotiation; treatment of a subject in discourse”
  2. derived from tractāre
  3. derived from entraictier — “to have a conversation with (someone); to concern oneself with (something)”
  4. derived from entraiter
  5. derived from entraiter
  6. inherited from entreten — “to deal with (someone) in a specified way; to concern oneself with (something); to deal with or give an account of (a topic); to engage in negotiation; to intercede for (someone); to plead with (someone)”
  7. suffixed as entreaty — “entreat + y”

Definitions

  1. The act of entreating or beseeching

    The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.

    • She gathered many of the stones which I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties when I begged her to desist.

  2. A treatment

    A treatment; reception; entertainment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at entreaty. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01entreaty02solicitation03offering04offer05proffered06proffer07essay08assay09attempt

A definitional loop anchored at entreaty. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at entreaty

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA