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emplore

emplore is the obsolete spelling of implore.

emplore is the misspelling of implore.

Meaning of implore

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
    • And giue me leaue, / And doe not ſay 'tis Superſtition, that / I kneele, and then implore her Bleſſing.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (transitive) To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
    • Acquaint her vvith the danger of my ſtate, / Implore her, in my voice, that ſhe make friends / To the ſtrict deputie: […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (intransitive) Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.
    • That fortnight Rochester passed in intriguing and imploring.1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VI, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 155

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Forms of emplore

third-person singular presentemplores
present participleemploring
past participleemplored
pastemplored

Questions about emplore

What is emplore the obsolete spelling of?
Emplore is the obsolete spelling of implore.

Words near emplore in the dictionary

  1. emplectite
  2. emplecton
  3. emplectons
  4. emplectum
  5. empleomania
  6. emplore
  7. emplored
  8. emplores
  9. emploring
  10. emplot
  11. emplotment

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