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implore

[ im-plawr, -plohr ]
/ ɪmˈplɔr, -ˈploʊr /
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verb (used with object), im·plored, im·plor·ing.

to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.): implore forgiveness.

verb (used without object), im·plored, im·plor·ing.

to make urgent or piteous supplication.

RELATED WORDS

address, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, submission, suit, supplication

Nearby words

  1. implied,
  2. implied consent,
  3. implied warranty,
  4. implode,
  5. imploratory,
  6. imploring,
  7. implosion,
  8. implosion therapy,
  9. implosive,
  10. impluvium

Origin of implore

1530–40; < Latin implōrāre, equivalent to im- im-1 + plōrāre to lament
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Examples from the Web for imploration

  • She heard the imploration, and, woman-like, sight of the awful agony extinguished the memory of her wrongs.

    The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace

  • Joyce Basil held up her hand in imploration, but Reybold did not heed the woman's remark.

    Tales of the Chesapeake|George Alfred Townsend

  • Stun their ears, madam, with the suddenness of your imploration, and let the voice come from your heart.

    A Nest of Linnets|Frank Frankfort Moore

  • Will the same tune do as well for a dance as for a prayer, for a moonlight serenade as for an imploration of Divine mercy?

    Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864|Various

British Dictionary definitions for imploration

implore

/ (ɪmˈplɔː) /

verb (tr)

to beg or ask (someone) earnestly (to do something); plead with; beseech
to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; begto implore someone's mercy
Derived Formsimploration, nounimploratory, adjectiveimplorer, nounimploringly, adverb

Word Origin for implore

C16: from Latin implōrāre, from im- + plōrāre to bewail
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for imploration

implore

v.

c.1500, from Middle French implorer and directly from Latin implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from assimilated form of in- "on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plorare "to weep, cry out." Related: Implored; imploring; imploringly.

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