Entreaty

Definition: Entreaty

Entreaty

Noun

1. Earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm".

Date "entreaty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Entreaty

Synonyms: appeal (n), prayer (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Request	Mendicancy; asking, begging; Verb: postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance,
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Hymns of Entreaty (reference) Le-mah sabach-tha-niy? : lament and entreaty in the Psalms (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The dwarf at my entreaty had no other punishment than a sound whipping.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Entreaty" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Entreaty" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	16	87,710

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "entreaty".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Tehinnah	N/A	Biblical	Entreaty
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Language		Translations for "entreaty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		bede (appeal, spoil, supplication). (various references)

Albanian		përgjërim (adjuration, longing, pishogue), lutje (appeal, application, claim, cry, demand, desire, devotion, devotions, obsecration, obtestation, orison, paternoster, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, praying, request, rogation, supplication, wish). (various references)

Arabic		‏مناشدة (appeal), ‏توسل (beg, beseech, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, petition for smth., solicit, solicitation, sue, supplicate, supplication), ‏تضرع (beg, beseech, entreat, invocation, plead, pleading, pray, prayer, supplicate, supplication), ‏إستعطاف (propitiation). (various references)

Bulgarian		настоятелно искане, настойчива молба. (various references)

Chinese		懇求 (beg, entreat). (various references)

Czech		prosba (appeal, obsecration, obtestation, plea, prayer, request, wish). (various references)

Dutch		smeekbede (appeal, supplication), bede (appeal, supplication). (various references)

Esperanto		petego (appeal, supplication). (various references)

Farsi		التماس (Appeal, Solicitation), استدعا (Boon, Plea). (various references)

French		supplication, prière, imploration. (various references)

German		flehende bitte, Flehen (beg, beseech, crave, entreat, entreaties, implore, plead), dringende bitte, beschwörung (adjuration, charming, conjuration, exorcism, incantation, invocation). (various references)

Greek		παράκληση (invocation, orison, prayer, request, request for, rogation, solicitation). (various references)

Hebrew		מפלל (plea, supplication), תח� ון (appeal, mercy, plea, supplication), פלל (prayer), פ� י�" (addressing, appeal, application, facing, turn, turning), עתיר�" (petition, plea, prayer, request, supplication), עתר�" (prayer), �"פ�'ע�" (plea, supplication), �"פצר�" (beseeching, obsecration, suit), �"עתר�" (imploring, plea, prolixity, supplication, verbosity). (various references)

Hungarian		könyörgés (begging, deprecation, imploring, invocation, obsecration, petition, prayer, rogation, supplication), folyamodás (instance, suit), esedezés (deprecation, imploring, petition, supplication). (various references)

Indonesian		permohonan (consuration, plea, request). (various references)

Italian		preghiera (appeal, desire, orison, prayer, request, supplication), domanda (appeal, application, demand, enquiry, enrollment application, enrolment application, inquiry, query, question, request, submission, supplication, supply). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		懇願 (petition, supplication), 嘆願 (appeal, petition). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		た�"が�" (appeal, large padded kimono, one eye, petition, upright), きせい (ardour, completed, correction, death, established, existing, fervour, great master of go, homecoming, oath, parasite, parasitism, pledge, prayer, rare, ready-made, realization of an objective, regulation, returning home, spirit, strange voice, uncommon, vigour, vow), せつが�" (coming alongside a pier or quay, steep, supplication), �"い (ancient ways, bad faith, carp, dense, intention, love, purpose, request, strong, tender passion, the feelings of the ancients, thick), �"�"が�" (harmonious, petition, supplication, well-rounded), �"�"ぼう (club, cudgel, earnest request, mixed spinning, mixed yarn, solicitation, stick), �"�"せい (appeal, mixed, mixed voices, request), �"�"もう (earnest request, root hair, solicitation), あいが�" (appeal, fond of, petition, supplication). (various references)

Manx		aghin (appeal, invocation, petition, plea, request). (various references)

Pig Latin		entreatyay

Portuguese		suplicar (beg, beseech, crave, implore, invoke, obtest, pray, supplicate), súplica (appeal, application, craving, deprecation, obsequies, obtestation, petition, prayer, supplication), petição (address, addressing, appeal, application, petition, prayer book, request, suit). (various references)

Romanian		rugãminte (desire, Favor, favour, petition, prayer, request, requirement, suit, supplication), jalbã (complaint, demand, request, supplication), implorare (adjuration, cry, imploration, suppliance, supplication), cerere (appeal, application, bill, claim, consumption, demand, desire, inquiry, market, petition, pretence, request, requirement, requisition, run, suit, supplication, wish). (various references)

Russian		мольба (adjuration, obsecration, obtestation, plea, prayer, supplication), просьба (appeal, application, desire, obsecration, petition, plea, pray, request, supplication). (various references)

Scottish		guidhe (imprecation, prayer, wish). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		preklinjanje (adjuration, conjuration, obsecration, supplication). (various references)

Spanish		ruego (adjuration, appeal, cry, hello, instance, petition, please, prayer, request, supplication, wish), súplica (address, appeal, plea, prayer, supplication), oración (appeal, clause, oration, orison, prayer, sentence, speech, supplication). (various references)

Swedish		enträgen bön (plea, solicitation). (various references)

Turkish		yalvarma (adjuration, appeal, begging, conjuration, cry, invocation, plea, pleading, prayer, praying, supplication), rica (adjuration, appeal, I request, instance, intercession, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, request, solicitation, suit, supplication), üsteleme. (various references)

Ukranian		мольба (obsecration, obtestation), благання (adjuration, conjuration, obsecration, obtestation, oration, petition, supplication, vow). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự khẩn n� i lời cầu khẩn, lời n� i xin. (various references)

Welsh		ymbil (beg, beseech, entreat, implore, supplication). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adiuramentum, conrogabitur, deprecatio, deprecationem, deprecationis, deprecationum, obsecratio, obsecratione, obsecrationem, obsecrationes, obsecrationibus, obsecrationis, prex, prex precis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	2 Corinthians Chapter 8, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Meta pollhV paraklhsewV deomenoi hmwn thn carin kai thn koinwnian thV diakoniaV thV eiV touV agiouV dexasqai hmaV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam et communicationem ministerii quod fit in sanctos
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	With myche monestyng bisechynge vs the grace and the comynyng of mynystring, that is maad to hooli men.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And prayed vs with great instaunce that we wolde receave their benefite and suffre them to be parttakers with other in ministrynge to the saynctes.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Praying us with much entreaty, that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	2 Corinthians Chapter 8, Verse 4
Cebuano	nga nangamuyo kanamo sa mainiton gayud nga unta paambiton sila sa buhat sa pagtabang sa mga balaan--
Chinese	再三的求我們、准他們在這供給聖 �' 的恩情上有分．
Croatian	veoma usrdno molili za milost zajedništva u ovom posluživanju svetih.
Danish	idet de med megen Overtalelse bade os om den Nåde at måtte tage Del i Hjælpen til de hellige,
Dutch	Ons met vele vermaning biddende, dat wij wilden aannemen de gave en de gemeenschap dezer bediening, die voor de heiligen geschiedt.
Finnish	paljolla pyytämisellä anoen meiltä sitä suosiota, että pääsisivät osallisiksi pyhien avustamiseen;
French	nous demandant avec de grandes instances la grâce de prendre part � l`assistance destinée aux saints.
German	und baten uns mit vielem Zureden, daß wir aufnähmen die Wohltat und Gemeinschaft der Handreichung, die da geschieht den Heiligen;
Haitian Creole	se yo menm menm ki mande, se yo menm menm ki plede ak nou pou nou ba yo privilèj patisipe nan sekou n'ap voye pou manm pèp Bondye nan peyi Jide a.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	mereka minta dengan sangat kepada kami kalau boleh mereka ikut membantu memberi sumbangan kepada umat Allah di Yudea.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	serta meminta kami dengan teramat sangat akan anugerah itu boleh menurut melayani orang-orang suci itu.
Italian	domandandoci con insistenza la grazia di prendere parte a questo servizio a favore dei santi.
Maori	Me te nui o ta ratou tohe ki a matou, kia manako matou ki tenei aroha noa, kia uru tahi hoki ki te mahi ki te hunga tapu:
Norwegian	de bad oss inntrengende om å få lov til å være med i hjelpen til de hellige;
Portuguese	pedindo-nos, com muito encarecimento, o privilégio de participarem deste serviço a favor dos santos;
Rumanian	Wi ne-au rugat cu mari stqruinye pentru harul wi pqrtqwia la aceastq strkngere de ajutoare pentru sfinyi.
Shuar	Yus-shuaran Kuítrinchan Súsartaitsa ti wakeruiniak, nu Túratniun ti seatmarmaji.
Spanish	pidiéndonos con muchos ruegos que les concediéramos la gracia de participar en la ayuda para los santos.
Swahili	walitusihi sana wapewe nafasi ya kushiriki katika huduma hii ya kuwasaidia watu wa Mungu.
Swedish	Mycket enträget bådo de oss om den ynnesten att få vara med om understödet åt de heliga.
Uma	Merapi' mpu'u-ra bona kana kipiliu wo'o-ra-rawo mpewai' doi petulungi-ra hi to Kristen to hi tana' Yudea.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Entreaty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ebtreat, emtreat, enterate, entereth, entireity, entray, entreary, entreate, etreat, intraparty. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "entreaty" (pronounced entrē"tē)
5	-t r ē" t ē	treaty.
3	-ē" t ē	graffiti, meaty, sweetie.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-r-t-t-y"
	-1 letter: entreat, ratteen, ternate.
	-2 letters: eatery, entera, natter, neater, netter, ratten, tenter, tetany, treaty, tyrant, yatter.
	-3 letters: antre, arete, eaten, eater, enate, enter, entry, natty, netty, ranee, ratty, rente, tarty, tater, teary, teeny, tenet, tenty, terne, tetra, treat, treen, yearn, yenta, yente.
	-4 letters: aery, ante, arty, earn, eery, erne, etna, eyen, eyer, eyne, eyra, eyre.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-r-t-t-y"
	+1 letter: ternately.
	+3 letters: advertently, alternately, enteropathy, extenuatory, externality, repentantly, tetrahymena.
	+4 letters: entreatingly, inveterately, magnetometry, penitentiary, stonyhearted, tercentenary, testamentary, tetracycline, tetrahymenas.
	+5 letters: alternatively, centripetally, determinately, detrimentally, exterminatory, inadvertently, integumentary, intemperately, interactively, interdentally, northeasterly, penetrability, penetratingly, terminatively, tetracyclines, threateningly, understatedly, unrepentantly.
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