implore
11implore — [im plôr′] vt. implored, imploring [L implorare, to beseech, entreat < in , intens. + plorare, to cry out, weep] 1. to ask or beg earnestly for; beseech 2. to ask or beg (a person) to do something; entreat SYN. BEG imploringly adv …
12implore — verb (T) formal to ask for something in an emotional way; plead (1): John, I implore you, stop now before it s too late. | implore sb to do sth: She implored the soldiers to save her child. imply /Im plaI/ verb (T) 1 to suggest that something is… …
13implore — UK [ɪmˈplɔː(r)] / US [ɪmˈplɔr] verb [transitive] Word forms implore : present tense I/you/we/they implore he/she/it implores present participle imploring past tense implored past participle implored formal to ask someone to do something, in a… …
14implore — implorable, adj. imploration, n. imploratory /im plawr euh tawr ee, plohr euh tohr ee/, adj. implorer, n. imploringly, adv. imploringness, n. /im plawr , plohr /, v., implored, imploring. v.t. 1. to beg urgen …
15implore — im|plore [ımˈplo: US o:r] v [I and T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: implorer, from Latin, from plorare to cry out ] to ask for something in an emotional way = ↑beg ▪ Don t go, I implored her. implore sb to do sth ▪ She implored the… …
16implore — [[t]ɪmplɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] implores, imploring, implored VERB If you implore someone to do something, you ask them to do it in a forceful, emotional way. [V n to inf] Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock in… …
17implore — im•plore [[t]ɪmˈplɔr, ˈploʊr[/t]] v. plored, plor•ing 1) to beg urgently or piteously; beseech: They implored him to go[/ex] 2) to beg urgently or piteously for: implore forgiveness[/ex] 3) to make urgent or piteous supplication • Etymology:… …
18implore — transitive verb (implored; imploring) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French implorer, from Latin implorare, from in + plorare to cry out Date: circa 1540 1. to call upon in supplication ; beseech 2. to call or pray for earnestly ;… …
19implore — verb /ɪmˈplɔː(ɹ),ɪmˈploʊɹ/ To beg for, to entreat urgently or earnestly. Syn: encourage, exhort …
20implore — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
