implore
VerbUS[im-plawr]/ˌɪmˈplɔr/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Im·plore′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Implored; present participle & verbal noun Imploring.]
Origin: L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to cry aloud. See Deplore.
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urgency; 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.— Alexander Pope
I kneel, and then implore her blessing.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.
Im·plore′ intransitive verb
To entreat; to beg; to prey.
Im·plore′ noun
Imploration. obsolete Spencer.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54