implore
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪmˈplɔː//
- United States//ɪmˈploɹ//
- //ɪmˈploə//
- //ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ//
To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
verb
- 1
To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
And giue me leaue, / And doe not ſay 'tis Superſtition, that / I kneele, and then implore her Bleſſing.
But again, the Publican by his Confeſſion ſhevveth a piece of the higheſt vviſdom that a mortal Man can ſhevv; becauſe by ſo doing, he engageth as vvell as imploreth the Grace and Mercy of God to ſave him.
My daily bread is litt'rally implor'd, / I have no barns nor granaries to hoard; […]
Puling, and in-voiced, rearing up thy deteſted head, in vain imploreſt thou my mercy, vvho, in thy day, haſt ſhevved me ſo little!
- 2
To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
Acquaint her vvith the danger of my ſtate, / Implore her, in my voice, that ſhe make friends / To the ſtrict deputie: […]
And novv they ſhip their oars, and crovvn vvith vvine / The holy Goblet to the povv'rs divine: / Imploring all the Gods that reign above, / But chief, the blue-ey'd Progeny of Jove.
Talk not thus, I implore you, Evelyn: do not imagine me the worldly calculator that my enemies deem me.
"Malinka," cried she, "ask no more, I implore thee! Enough, enough! This gentleman has delivered his message. Why lower one's self by an answer?"
- 3
Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.
That fortnight Rochester passed in intriguing and imploring.
"Do not let me think of them too often, too much, too fondly," I implored; […]
She held up a warning finger as he lowered his mouth to the lips of the boy. 'But oh, why not?' implored he. 'Very well, then,' said she, relenting. 'But as gently as possible.' He kissed the child without waking him, […]
Etymology
PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb.
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.
Suddenly out of his delightfull dreame / The man avvoke, and vvould haue queſtiond more; / But he vvould not endure that vvofull theame / For to dilate at large, but vrged ſore / VVith percing vvordes, and pittifull implore, / Him haſty to ariſe.
Forms
- plural
- implores
- past tense
- implored
- past participle
- implored
- present participle
- imploring
- third person singular
- implores
implore · To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
imply · To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as…IMPLY · A logic gate that implements material implication.implying · implication