Part 3835

<hw>En*treat"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an entreating manner.</def>

<h1>Entreative</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*treat"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Used in entreaty; pleading.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Entreative</i> phrase."

<i>A. Brewer.</i>

<h1>Entreatment</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*treat"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Entreaty; invitation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Entreaty</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*treat"y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Entreaties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Treatment; reception; entertainment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.</def>

<blockquote>Fair <b>entreaty</b>, and sweet blandishment. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.</syn>

<h1>Entr\'82e</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`tr\'82e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Entry</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; <as>as, to have the <ex>entr\'82e</ex> of a house</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Entremets</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`tre*mets"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>entre</ets> between + <ets>mets</ets> a dish, mess.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any small entertainment between two greater ones.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Entrench</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*trench"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Intrench</er>.</def>

<h1>Entrep\'93t</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`tre*p\'93t"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; <as>as, an <ex>entrep\'93t</ex> for shipping goods in transit</as>.</def>

<h1>Entrepreneur</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`tre*pre*neur"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Enterprise</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <def>One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed.</def>