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implore

[ im-plawr ]

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: , ,

    Antonyms: ,



verb (used without object)

implored, imploring.
  1. to make urgent or piteous supplication.

implore

/ ɪˈɔː /

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

“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپDz, noun
  • ˈǰٴǰ, adjective
  • ˈǰԲ, adverb
  • ˈǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ǰ·· adjective
  • ···پDz [im-plawr-, ey, -sh, uh, n] noun
  • ·ǰ··ٴ· [im-, plawr, -, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
  • ·ǰ· noun
  • ·ǰ·Բ· adverb
  • ·ǰ·Բ·Ա noun
  • un··ǰ·· adjective
  • ܲ··ǰ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of implore1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ō, equivalent to im- “in” ( im- 1 ) + ō “to lament”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of implore1

C16: from Latin ō, from im- + ō to bewail
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Example Sentences

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A voice from a surveilling helicopter implored Paredes to surrender, but court documents show he hid for roughly 45 minutes.

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“What’d you say to Tanner before the game?” first-year Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott, a longtime personal friend of Phillips’ in the game, implored his new teammate to share with a reporter.

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"They didn't do anything wrong but they're treating them like animals. Where are their human rights?" she implores.

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He left an envelope for Lucy containing a note imploring her to pack up everything and disappear along with their teenage son.

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“Do not be the tool of extremists, do not let this be your legacy,” Grossman implored the council, reading from a petition signed by 640 people during the March 18 meeting.

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