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adjective

Definition of entreatingnext
as in pleading
asking humbly it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler

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verb

present participle of entreat
as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply

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  1. begging
  2. prayerful
  3. petitioning
Verb
  • People were begging me to cut it down.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Literally begging any of these idiots to understand how the internet works.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of begging
Adjective
  • The Republican National Convention is a redemption story, a narrative of prayerful compliance.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • As the beat ascends, Eazi sings the title phrase with prayerful gravitas.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
Definition of prayerful
Verb
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Today, a small but active community of Black Catholics is petitioning the Vatican for the accelerated canonisation of six Black American candidates for sainthood, the oldest of whom, Pierre Toussaint, has been dead for 171 years.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of petitioning
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