imploring

English

Verb

imploring

1. present participle and gerund of implore

Noun

imploring (plural implorings)

1. The act of one who implores; imploration.
   • 1997, Edward Wasiolek, Tolstoy's Major Fiction, page 198:

     But on the night that Nekhludov seduces Maslova, he forces his way past doors, implorings, and physical resistance.