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implore

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im⋅plore

  [im-plawr, -plohr] verb, -plored, -plor⋅ing.
Use implore in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
im⋅plor⋅a⋅ble, adjective
im⋅plo⋅ra⋅tion, noun
im⋅plor⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [im-plawr-uh-tawr-ee, -plohr-uh-tohr-ee] , 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   (ĭm-plôr', -plōr')   
v.   im·plored, im·plor·ing, im·plores

v.   tr.

  1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

implore 
1500, from L. implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from in- "upon" + plorare "to weep, cry out."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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