implore

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
2. (transitive) To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
3. (intransitive) Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.

Noun

An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.

Synonyms

beg

entreat

beseech

plead

pray

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supplicate

ask

importune

request

petition

appeal

solicit

beg for

crave

enquire

inquire

plead with

urge

sue for

wheedle

cajole

pray for

crave for

sue

beseech for

implore for

invoke

importune for

ask for

attract

pray to

remind

seek after

ask after

appeal to

toasts

beg hard

allure

call upon

cry to

intreat

obtest

entreat God

request for

seek direction

persuade someone to consent

entreat repeatedly

talk amorously

ask earnestly

conjure

Translations

supplier

implorer

implorar

flehen

implorar

suplicar

suplicar

smeken

implorare

beschwören

bidden

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afsmeken

anflehen

ικετεύω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈplɔː/

Etymology

Cognate with French: implorer

In summary

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.