implore

American  

[im-plawr] / ɪmˈplɔr /

verb (used with object)

implored, imploring

1. to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat.

   They implored him to go.

2. to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.).

   implore forgiveness.

   Synonyms:

   solicit, beg, crave

   Antonyms:

   reject, spurn

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verb (used without object)

implored, imploring

1. to make urgent or piteous supplication.

implore British  

/ ɪmˈplɔː /

verb

1. to beg or ask (someone) earnestly (to do something); plead with; beseech

2. to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; beg

   to implore someone's mercy

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Other Word Forms

• implorable adjective
• imploration noun
• imploratory adjective
• implorer noun
• imploringly adverb
• imploringness noun
• unimplorable adjective
• unimplored adjective

Etymology

Origin of implore

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin implōrāre, equivalent to im- “in” ( im- ¹ ) + plōrāre “to lament”

Example Sentences

Evgeny agrees to share, but implores Dmitri not to eat it all because he “had to pawn off a bit of mother’s good silver and then wait three hours in line.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Slumped in a chair moments after losing his light-middleweight world title at the Vale Sport Arena, Cardiff, the Swansea native's wife Emma gently implores her bloodied partner to give up the sport.

From BBC

"I implore everybody not just to make their wishes known but to talk to their friends and their family and also find out what their friends and family want," she said.

From BBC

In a joint letter addressed to Newsom, they implored the governor to act quickly to establish meaningful safeguards around the technology.

From Los Angeles Times

One morning he sidled up next to me after roll call and tucked a hunk of bread into my hand, imploring, “Eat. You’re wasting away.”

From Literature

Related Words

• beseech
• plead
• pray
• urge