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English Dictionary: implore by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
implore
v
  1. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
    Synonym(s): beg, implore, pray
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Implore \Im*plore"\, v. i.
      To entreat; to beg; to prey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Implore \Im*plore"\, n.
      Imploration. [Obs.] --Spencer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implored}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Imploring}.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to
      cry aloud. See {Deplore}.]
      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.
  
               Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope.
  
               I kneel, and then implore her blessing.   --Shak.
  
      Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit;
               petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}.
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