The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
Knolles.
En*treat", n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.
En*treat"a*ble (?), a. That may be entreated.
En*treat"ance (?), n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax.
En*treat"er (?), n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.
En*treat"ful (?), a. Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.
En*treat"ing*ly, adv. In an entreating manner.
En*treat"ive (?), a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase." A. Brewer.
En*treat"ment (?), n. Entreaty; invitation. [Obs.] Shak.
En*treat"y, n.; pl. Entreaties (&?;). 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment.
Spenser.
Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
||En`trée" (?), n. [F. See Entry.] 1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.
2. (Cookery) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.
||En`tre*mets" (?), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.] 1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.