Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Used in entreaty; pleading; treating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Used in entreaty; pleading.
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- adjective Used in
entreaty ;pleading .
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No, it was noted by his mates, as particularly curious, that the voice of the man who could, when he chose, roar like a bull of Bashan, had become soft and what we may style entreative in its tone.
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure 1859
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