implore

  • 31implore — verb Syn: plead with, beg, entreat, appeal to, ask, request, call on, exhort, urge …

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  • 32implore — [ɪmˈplɔː] verb [T] formal to ask someone in an emotional way to do something, because you want it very much Syn: beg …

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  • 33implore — [c]/ɪmˈplɔ / (say im plaw) verb (implored, imploring) –verb (t) 1. to call upon in urgent or piteous supplication, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: they implored him to go. 2. to make urgent supplication for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.).… …

  • 34implore —   Koi, noi ha aha a …

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  • 35implore — see EXPLORE …

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  • 36implore — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by to + infin.) entreat (a person). 2 beg earnestly for. Derivatives: imploringly adv. Etymology: F implorer or L implorare invoke with tears (as IN (2), plorare weep) …

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  • 37Implored — 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 …

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  • 38Imploring — 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 …

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  • 39implorer — [ ɛ̃plɔre ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • v. 1280; lat. implorare, de plorare « pleurer » 1 ♦ Supplier d une manière humble et touchante. ⇒ adjurer, conjurer, prier. Implorer qqn du regard. Je vous implore de me pardonner. Implorer le Ciel. 2 ♦… …

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  • 40implorer — (in plo ré) v. a. 1°   Supplier avec instance et pour ainsi dire avec pleurs. •   Ce dieu tutélaire Ne sera pas en vain imploré par mon père, RAC. Phèdre, II, 5. •   Moi jalouse ! et Thésée est celui que j implore, RAC. ib. IV, 6. •   J ose vous… …

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