imploring

imploring

English

Verb

imploring

1. present participle 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.