imploring

Adjective
Synonyms: beseechingpleading

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. beggingSynonyms: beseechingpleading
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implored; p. pr. & vb. n. Imploring.] [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. [1913 Webster]

Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak.

Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech. [1913 Webster]

Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- Im*plor"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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