About The Word Implore
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Implore
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What's The Definition Of Implore?
[v] call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Implore: beg | pray Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | beg off | crave | excuse | importune | insist | plead | supplicate Implore In Webster's Dictionary \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 prey
to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; 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. --Pope.
I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak.
Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit;
petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}.
\Im*plore"\, v. i. To entreat; to beg; to prey. \Im*plore"\, n. Imploration. [Obs.] --Spencer. |
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