entreaty

  • 31humble entreaty — index prayer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 32make earnest entreaty — index call (appeal to) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 33press by entreaty — index importune Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 34solemn entreaty — index call (appeal), prayer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 35Entreaties — Entreaty En*treat y, n.; pl. {Entreaties}. 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [1913 Webster] Fair entreaty, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Mashal —    Entreaty, a levitical town in the tribe of Asher (1 Chr. 6:74); called Mishal (Josh. 21:30) …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 37Send 'er down Hughie — entreaty to God to make it rain …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 38appeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. entreaty, plea, begging, petition; resort; attractiveness, attraction. See request, lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plea] Syn. request, plea, bid, claim, suit, submission, solicitation, petition,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 39prayer — / prer/ n: the part of a pleading (as a complaint) that specifies the relief sought; also: a request for relief or some other action by the court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. prayer …

    Law dictionary

  • 40call — 1 vt 1: to announce or recite loudly call ed the civil trial list 2: to admit (a person) as a barrister was call ed to the bar 3: to demand payment of esp. by formal notice call …

    Law dictionary