implore
See also: imploré
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- emplore (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French implorer, from Latin implōrō (“I beseech, I implore”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈploə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: im‧plore
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VerbEdit
implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored)
- To beg urgently or earnestly.
- c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:
- I kneel, and then implore her blessing.
- 1899, Henryk Sienkiewicz (original), Jeremiah Curtin (translator), In Vain, Chapter 19:
- "Malinka," cried she, "ask no more, I implore thee! Enough, enough! This gentleman has delivered his message. Why lower one's self by an answer?"
- To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
- 1725, Homer; [William Broome], transl., “Book II”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:
- Imploring all the gods that reign above.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to beg for
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FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
implore
- inflection of implorer:
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
implore
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of implorar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of implorar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of implorar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of implorar
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
implore