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Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune..

Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

Devoutly :: Devoutly (adv.) Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.

Implore :: Implore (v. t.) To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought..

Ernest :: Ernest (n.) See Earnest.

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers..

Eager :: Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase..

Handsel :: Handsel (n.) A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc..

Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

Forswear :: Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations..

Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.

Mightily :: Mightily (adv.) In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully.

Suppliant :: Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..

Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

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