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imploring
[
im-
plawr
,
-
plohr
]
Example Sentences
Origin
im·plore
/
ɪmˈplɔr
,
-ˈploʊr
/
Show Spelled
[
im-
plawr
,
-
plohr
]
Show IPA
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.
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Origin:
1530–40;
<
Latin
implōrāre,
equivalent to
im-
im-
1
+
plōrāre
to lament
Related forms
im·plor·a·ble,
adjective
im·plo·ra·tion,
noun
im·plor·a·to·ry
/
ɪmˈplɔr
əˌtɔr
i
,
-ˈploʊr
əˌtoʊr
i
/
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[
im-
plawr
-
uh
-tawr-ee
,
-
plohr
-
uh
-tohr-ee
]
Show IPA
,
adjective
im·plor·er,
noun
im·plor·ing·ly,
adverb
EXPAND
im·plor·ing·ness,
noun
un·im·plor·a·ble,
adjective
un·im·plored,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Synonyms
2.
crave, beg, solicit.
Antonyms
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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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.
The dancers bent low to earth and raised
imploring
arms to heaven.
There were dance routines that alternated between
imploring
gestures and male camaraderie.
Celedón has a bright tenor that can sound tearful and
imploring
or ruefully amused.
He was so smitten at times that he ignored signs
imploring
visitors to look but not touch.
The conference provided them with simultaneous translation, and panelists kept
imploring
them to ask questions.
Sánchez,
imploring
them to invest in blood sugar meters and keep meticulous daily charts of their levels.
And for much of his time onstage, he sounded great, snaking through each
imploring
melody with a spirit both earnest and debonair.
COLLAPSE
Etymonline
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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