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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.
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Imploring
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Related forms
im·plor·a·ble, adjective
im·plo·ra·tion, noun
im·plor·er, noun
im·plor·ing·ly, adverb
EXPANDSynonyms
2. crave, beg, solicit.
2. crave, beg, solicit.
Antonyms
2. spurn, reject.
2. spurn, reject.
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Example Sentences
- Poshard, imploring him to reach out to the party's.
- The left is imploring the public to consider the underlying causes of the riots.
- He has a kindly, imploring voice that can take on a steely.
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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."
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