implore

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪmˈploɹ/ UK /ɪmˈplɔː/ See IPA manual

Freq #16611

Meanings

1

verb
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.
2

verb
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: […].
3

verb
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.
4

noun
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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Word family

Forms imploringimploringly

Derived forms implorableimplorementimplorerimploringunimplorableunimplored

Related forms deplorable deplorablydeplorationdeplore exploreimplorationimploratorimploratory

Simplified etymology

Implore entered English in the early 16th century from Latin implorare, meaning “invoke with tears.”

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.

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# implore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈploɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈplɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 16611

## Meanings
1. To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
2. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
3. Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.
4. An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.

## Examples
- And giue me leaue, / And doe not ſay 'tis Superſtition, that / I kneele, and then implore her Bleſſing.
- Acquaint her vvith the danger of my ſtate, / Implore her, in my voice, that ſhe make friends / To the ſtrict deputie: […].
- That fortnight Rochester passed in intriguing and imploring.
- 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.

## Derived Forms
- implorable
- implorement
- implorer
- imploring
- unimplorable
- unimplored

## Related Forms
- deplorable
- deplorably
- deploration
- deplore
- explore
- imploration
- implorator
- imploratory

## 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.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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