entreaty

  • 41both... and —   He was both deaf to argument and entreaty (cited by Gowers). The rule involved here is that of correlative conjunctions, which states that in a sentence of this type both and and should link grammatically similar entities. If both is followed… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 42both ... and —     He was both deaf to argument and entreaty (cited by Gowers). The rule involved here is that of correlative conjunctions, which states that in a sentence of this type, both and and should link grammatically similar entities. If both is… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 43PRAYER — PRAYER, the offering of petition, confession, adoration or thanksgiving to God. In the Bible The concept of prayer is based on the conviction that God exists, hears, and answers (Ps. 65:3; cf. 115:3–7) – that He is a personal deity. In a sense it …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 44Phar Lap — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Phar Lap caption = Phar Lap with jockey Jim Pike riding at Flemington race track c 1930 sire = Night Raid dam = Entreaty damsire = Winkie sex = Male (gelded) foaled = 1926 country = New Zealand colour =… …

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  • 45Coaltar of the Deepers — Origin Tokyo, Japan Genres Alternative rock Shoegazing Heavy metal Years active 1991 Present Labels Strange Rec …

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  • 46solicitation — so·lic·i·ta·tion /sə ˌli sə tā shən/ n: an act or practice or an instance of soliciting solicitation of a proxy for a shareholder vote; specif: the crime of soliciting someone to commit a crime (as murder) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …

    Law dictionary

  • 47prayer — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An earnest request] Syn. entreaty, request, intercession, thanksgiving, praise, petition; see also appeal 1 . 2. [An address to the deity] Syn. orison, invocation, act of devotion, supplication, devotions, benediction,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48supplication — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. entreaty, prayer, suit, petition; see appeal 1 , request . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. request, prayer, petition, pleading, appeal, entreaty, solicitation, application, plea, cry, begging. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 49prayer — prayer, suit, plea, petition, appeal mean an earnest and usually a formal request for something and their corresponding intransitive verbs pray, sue, plead, petition, appeal mean to make such a request. Prayer and pray imply that the request is… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 50δεήσει — δέησις entreaty fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) δεήσεϊ , δέησις entreaty fem dat sg (epic) δέησις entreaty fem dat sg (attic ionic) δέω 2 lack aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) δέω 2 lack fut ind mid 2nd sg δέω 2 lack fut ind act 3rd sg δεῖ there is… …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)