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implore
implore [ im pláwr ] (3rd person present singular implores, present participle imploring, past and past participle implored)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. beg earnestly: to plead with somebody to do something
The tenants implored their landlord not to sell the building.
2. request earnestly: to beg or pray for something ( formal )

[Early 16th century. Directly or via French< Latin implorare 'call upon with tears' < plorare 'weep']

imploration [ ímplə ráysh'n, ím plaw ráysh'n ] noun
imploratory [ im pláwrətəri ] adjective
implorer [ im pláwrər ] noun
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