Definition of implore Implore
/ɪmplɔˈɹ/ - [implor] - im•plore
We found 8 definitions of implore from 6 different sources.
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What does implore mean?
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| implore - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" | ||
| beg, pray | ||
| plead appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" | ||
| beg off, excuse excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" | ||
| crave plead or ask for earnestly | ||
| supplicate ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency" | ||
| importune, insist beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- implore (v. t.)
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. - implore (v. i.)
To entreat; to beg; to prey. - implore (n.)
Imploration.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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implore
To humbly plead with someone for help or for a favor.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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implore
im-plōr′, v.t. to ask earnestly: to beg.—ns. Implorā′tion; Implor′ātor (Shak.), one who implores or entreats.—adj. Implor′atory.—n. Implor′er (Spens.), one who implores.—adv. Implor′ingly, in an imploring manner. [Fr.,—L. implorāre—in, in, plorāre, to weep aloud.]
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🔤- implore, verb, present, 1st person singular of implore (infinitive).
- implore, verb (infinitive).
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