Implore

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope.
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           I kneel, and then implore her blessing.  --Shak.
  
     Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit;
          petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Implore \Im*plore"\, v. i.
     To entreat; to beg; to prey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Implore \Im*plore"\, n.
     Imploration. [Obs.] --Spencer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  implore
       v : call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
           [syn: {beg}, {pray}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "implore":
     adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, call for help, call on,
     call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for,
     cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, importune,
     imprecate, invoke, kneel to, make supplication, obtest,
     offer a prayer, petition, plead, plead for, pray, pray over,
     recite the rosary, return thanks, run to, say grace, supplicate