implore

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

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Verb

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

1. To beg urgently or earnestly.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), 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?"

   • 2022, Jennifer M. McBride, You Shall Not Condemn:

     I implore you not to allow prison to rob you of your dream or vision, nor of your dignity or self-worth. In all of us, there are untapped abilities. I encourage you to write that book, start that ministry, teach, study, […]

2. 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.

Synonyms

• entreat

Derived terms

• implorable
• imploration
• imploratory
• implorer
• imploring

 

Translations

to beg for

Arabic: رَجَا‎ (rajā) Armenian: աղաչել (hy) (ałačʿel) Bulgarian: умолявам (bg) (umoljavam) Chinese: Mandarin: 懇求／恳求 (zh) (kěnqiú), 哀求 (zh) (āiqiú) Czech: zapřísahat, úpěnlivě prosit Danish: bønfalde, trygle Finnish: anoa (fi), vedota (fi) German: anflehen (de) Greek: εκλιπαρώ (el) (ekliparó), ικετεύω (el) (iketévo) Hungarian: könyörög (hu) Icelandic: grátbiðja Kapampangan: pamakalulu Latin: adōrō (la), affor, obsecrō Macedonian: преколнува (prekolnuva) Malayalam: താണപേക്ഷിക്കുക (tāṇapēkṣikkuka) 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) Tamil: கெஞ்சு (ta) (keñcu) Turkish: yalvarmak (tr) Ukrainian: благати (uk) (blahaty)

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French

Verb

implore

1. inflection of implorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

Verb

implore

1. inflection of implorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Verb

implore

1. inflection of implorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative