IMPLORE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

To entreat; to beg; to prey.

3.
n.

Imploration. [Obs.] Spencer.


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