implore

UK /ɪmˈplɔː/ US /ɪmˈploɹ/
verb 3noun 1

Definitions

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.

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.

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; […]

noun

1

An 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.

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