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Implore

Implore Meaning & Definition
Implore Definition And Meaning

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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