Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a.
That implores; beseeching; entreating. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 pray
to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat;
to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing
sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
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Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
imploring
adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
her voice" [syn: appealing, importunate, pleading]
WordNet (r) 2.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "imploring":
adjuration, adjuratory, adorant, adoring, appeal, appealing,
begging, beseeching, beseechment, bid, call, clamor, cry,
devotional, devout, entreating, entreaty, imploration, imprecation,
in the dust, invocation, invocatory plea, obsecration, obtestation,
on bended knee, plea, pleading, prayer, prayerful, precative,
precatory, prostrate before, reverent, reverential, rogation,
solemn, suit, suppliant, supplicant, supplication, supplicatory,
venerational, venerative, worshipful, worshiping
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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