beg, implore, pray
(verb) call upon in supplication; entreat; “I beg you to stop!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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
1 June 2025
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