implore

See also: imploré

English

Alternative forms

• emplore (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French implorer, from Latin implōrō (“I beseech, I implore”).

Pronunciation

• (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

Verb

implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored)

1. To beg urgently or earnestly.
   • Shakespeare

     I kneel, and then implore her blessing.

2. To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
   • Alexander Pope

     Imploring all the gods that reign above.

Synonyms

• entreat

Translations

to beg for

• Arabic: رَجَا‎ (rajā)
• Armenian: աղաչել (hy) (ałačʿel)
• Bulgarian: умолявам (bg) (umoljavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懇求 (zh), 恳求 (zh) (kěnqiú), 哀求 (zh) (āiqiú)

• Czech: zapřísahat, úpěnlivě prosit
• Danish: bønfalde, trygle
• Finnish: anoa (fi), vedota (fi)
• Greek: εκλιπαρώ (el) (ekliparó), ικετεύω (el) (iketévo)
• Hungarian: könyörög (hu)

• Icelandic: grátbiðja
• Latin: adōrō (la), affor
• Macedonian: преколнува (mk) (prekolnuva)
• Maori: whakakuene
• Persian: التماس کردن‎ (fa) (eltemâs kardan)
• Portuguese: implorar (pt)
• Russian: умоля́ть (ru) (umoljátʹ), упрашивать (ru) (uprašivatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: preklinjati (sh)
• Spanish: implorar (es)
• Turkish: yalvarmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: благати (uk) (blahaty)

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French

Verb

implore

1. first-person singular present indicative of implorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of implorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of implorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of implorer
5. second-person singular imperative of implorer

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Portuguese

Verb

implore

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of implorar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of implorar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of implorar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of implorar

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Spanish

Verb

implore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of implorar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of implorar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of implorar.