Entreative
(En*treat"ive) a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase." A. Brewer.
Entreatment
(En*treat"ment) n. Entreaty; invitation. [Obs.] Shak.
Entreaty
(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.
Entrée
(||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.
Entremets
(||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.
2. Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]
Entrench
(En*trench") v. t. See Intrench.
Entrepôt
(||En`tre*pôt") n. [F.] A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place
where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.
