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implore.

To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪmˈplɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ɪmˈploɹ/General-American/ɪmˈploə//ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/
  1. To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.

    transitive
  2. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.

    transitive
  3. Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ɪmˈplɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ɪmˈploɹ/General-American/ɪmˈploə//ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/
  1. An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.

    obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

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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