| entreaty | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. appeal, entreaty, prayer | earnest or urgent request.; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ adjuration | a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something. |
| ~ demagoguery, demagogy | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace. |
| ~ plea, supplication | a humble request for help from someone in authority. |
| ~ solicitation | an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status.; "a solicitation to the king for relief" |
| ~ suit | a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank. |
| ~ courting, courtship, wooing, suit | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).; "its was a brief and intense courtship" |
| play up | | |
| v. (change) | 1. foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight | move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" |
| ~ set off, bring out | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. cotton up, cozy up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck up | ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior.; "She is playing up to the chairman" |
| ~ ingratiate | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts. |
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