entreatment

English

Etymology

entreat +‎ -ment

Noun

entreatment (countable and uncountable, plural entreatments)

  1. (obsolete) entreaty; invitation
    • 1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, scene 3:
      From this time be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence; set your entreatments at a higher rate than a command to parley.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for entreatment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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