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im·plore

Audio Help [im-plawr, -plohr] Pronunciation Key verb, -plored, -plor·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.

2.	to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.): implore forgiveness.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to make urgent or piteous supplication.

[Origin: 1530–40; < L implōrāre, equiv. to im- im-¹ + plōrāre to lament

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—Related forms

im·plor·a·ble, adjective

im·plo·ra·tion, noun

im·plor·a·to·ry

Audio Help [im-plawr-uh-tawr-ee, -plohr-uh-tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

im·plor·er, noun

im·plor·ing·ly, adverb

im·plor·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. crave, beg, solicit.

—Antonyms 2. spurn, reject.

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im·plore Audio Help   (ĭm-plôr', -plōr') Pronunciation Key
v.   im·plored, im·plor·ing, im·plores

v.   tr.

To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy.
To beg for urgently; entreat.

v. intr.
To make an earnest appeal. See Synonyms at beg.

[Latin implōrāre : in-, toward; see in-² + plōrāre, to weep.]

im'plo·ra'tion n., im·plor'er n., im·plor'ing·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
implore

1500, from L. implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from in- "upon" + plorare "to weep, cry out."

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implore
verb
call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" [syn: beg]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
implore [imˈploː] verb

to ask earnestly
Example: She implored her husband to give up his life of crime; She implored his forgiveness.

Arabic:	يتوسَّل إلى
Chinese (Simplified):	恳求，乞求
Chinese (Traditional):	懇求，乞求
Czech:	zapřísahat, prosit (o)
Danish:	trygle; bønfalde
Dutch:	smeken
Estonian:	anuma
Finnish:	pyytää hartaasti
French:	implorer
German:	anflehen
Greek:	εκλιπαρώ
Hungarian:	könyörög
Icelandic:	grátbiðja um
Indonesian:	mengimbau
Italian:	implorare

Japanese:	嘆願する
Korean:	간청하다
Latvian:	lūgt; lūgties
Lithuanian:	maldauti
Norwegian:	be innstendig, bønnfalle
Polish:	błagać
Portuguese (Brazil):	implorar
Portuguese (Portugal):	implorar
Romanian:	a implora
Russian:	умолять
Slovak:	zaprisahať, (úpenlivo) prosiť, vyzývať
Slovenian:	moledovati
Spanish:	implorar
Swedish:	bönfalla, tigga och be
Turkish:	yalvarmak

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Implore

Be*seech"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besought; p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeching.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek.]

1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. --Shak.

But Eve . . . besought his peace. --Milton.

Syn: To beg; to crave.

Usage: To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate. These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence.

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Implore

Em*plore"\, v. t. See Implore. [Obs.]

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Implore

Im`plo*ra"tion\, n. [L. imploratio: cf. OF. imploration. See Implore.] The act of imploring; earnest supplication. --Bp. Hall.

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