IMPLORE

beg, implore, pray

(verb) call upon in supplication; entreat; “I beg you to stop!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored)

To beg urgently or earnestly.

To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.

Synonyms

• entreat

Source: Wiktionary


Im*plore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implored; p. pr. & vb. n. Imploring.] Etym: [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See Deplore.]

Definition: 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. Imploring all the gods that reign above. Pope. I kneel, and then implore her blessing. Shak.

Syn.

– To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.

Im*plore", v. i.

Definition: To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Im*plore", n.

Definition: Imploration. [Obs.] Spencer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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