Implore
[ɪm'plɔː] or [ɪm'plɔr]
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To entreat; to beg; to prey.
(n.) Imploration.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Entreat, supplicate, beseech, pray, pray to.[2]. Crave, solicit, beg, pray for, petition for.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENTREAT]
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- Give my love to your aunt, George dear, and implore her not to curse the viper that has crossed your path and blighted your existence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He turned to Mrs. Weston to implore her assistance, Would not she give him her support? Jane Austen. Emma.
- I implore you don't. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I implore you to say nothing to your family yet, but to send one word of hope through Laurie to, Your devoted John. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I implore you, before you answer me, to walk round this place once more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr Wrayburn, I implore you to go away from this neighbourhood, to-morrow morning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I implore you not to add your death to the bitterness of mine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She implored me to come to bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now do be reasonable, and take a sensible view of the case, implored Jo, almost at her wit's end. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They reasoned, they appealed, they implored; on his mercy they cast themselves, into his hands they confidingly thrust their interests. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Wagg wept before Fiche and implored his dear friend to intercede for him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I implored his mercy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had pulled his tall head down, and stood upon tiptoe, and implored him not to be shocked, before she had ventured to ask this question. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He was implored, reproached, and belabored by his wife, who begged him to leave his furnace, and turn to work that would feed and clothe his growing family. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The honest face, so full of grief, and with such an imploring expression of affection and sympathy, struck his master. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When he had spoken the last words in an imploring tone, Rosamond returned to the chair by his side. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She sent me a letter then, imploring me to go away, and saying that it would break her heart if any scandal should come upon her husband. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Little Dorrit, on the ground beside him, with her imploring hand upon his arm, watched him remorsefully. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram from the major, imploring me to come at once. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And implores to be asked to dinner, and to make a fourth at the play another time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Will no entreaties cause thee to turn a favourable eye upon thy creature, who implores thy goodness and compassion? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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