implore
Syllables: im·plore/ɪmˈplɔː/US/ɪmˈploɹ/
implore verb: to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
Verb
implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored)
- 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...
- But again, the Publican by his Confeſſion ſhevveth a piece of the higheſt vviſdom that a mortal Man can ſhevv; becauſe by ſo doing, he engageth as vvell as imploreth the Grace and Mercy of God to ſave him.1685, John Bunyan, A Discourse upon the Pharisee and the Publican. […], 3rd edition, London: […] John Marshall, […], published 1704, →OCLC, pages 140–141
- 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]...
- And novv they ſhip their oars, and crovvn vvith vvine / The holy Goblet to the povv'rs divine: / Imploring all the Gods that reign above, / But chief, the blue-ey'd Progeny of Jove.1725, Homer, “Book II”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 85, lines 470–473
- 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
- "Do not let me think of them too often, too much, too fondly," I implored; […]1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Auld Lang Syne”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 380
Noun
implore (plural implores)
- An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.
- Suddenly out of his delightfull dreame / The man avvoke, and vvould haue queſtiond more; / But he vvould not endure that vvofull theame / For to dilate at large, but vrged ſore / VVith percing vvordes, and pittifull implore, / Him haſty to ariſe.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37, page 256
implore meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
implore in Tamil
- to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
- கெஞ்சு keñcu
implore in Urdu
- درخواست کرنا, ہاتھ جوڑنا, التجا کرنا, منت سماجت کرنا
implore in Bengali
- কাতরভাবে অনুরোধ, প্রার্থনা করা
implore in Malayalam
- to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
- താണപേക്ഷിക്കുക tāṇapēkṣikkuka
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- implore in Kannada
- ಮೊರೆಯಿಡು, ಸೆರಗೊಡ್ಡಿ ಬೇಡು, ದೈನ್ಯದಿಂದ ಕೇಳು, ಕಳಕಳಿಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸಿಕೊ
- implore in Sanskrit
- ईडयति īḍayati, ईट्टे ī́ṭṭe, प्रभू prabhū
- implore in Arabic
- رَجَا rajā
- implore in Persian
- التماس کردن eltemâs kardan, لابیدن lābidan
Examples of implore in a sentence
- Puling, and in-voiced, rearing up thy deteſted head, in vain imploreſt thou my mercy, vvho, in thy day, haſt ſhevved me ſo little!1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XV. Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford, Esq..”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume V...
- Then, Matilda, […] witnessed thy despair, received a letter from the hands of Herminia, wherein thou imploredst my assistance; that stranger is an impostor?1810, [Sophie Ristaud] Cottin, chapter XLVIII, in [anonymous], transl., The Saracen, or Matilda and Malek Adhel, a Crusade-Romance, […]...
- Talk not thus, I implore you, Evelyn: do not imagine me the worldly calculator that my enemies deem me.1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter X, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 92:
- "Malinka," cried she, "ask no more, I implore thee!1899, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter XIX, in Jeremiah Curtin, transl., In Vain […], Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 209:
Forms of implore
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | implores |
| present participle | imploring |
| past participle | implored |
| past | implored |
| alternative form | emplore |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | implorest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | imploredst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | imploreth |
| Noun | |
| plural | implores |
Origin of implore
PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb.
Words formed from implore
- implorable
- implorement
- implorer
- imploring
- unimplorable
- unimplored
Words that rhyme with implore
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Questions about implore
- What does implore mean?
- Implore means to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
- What is implore in Tamil?
- Implore in Tamil is கெஞ்சு (keñcu). See Implore meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use implore in a sentence?
- Puling, and in-voiced, rearing up thy deteſted head, in vain imploreſt thou my mercy, vvho, in thy day, haſt ſhevved me ſo little!
- What part of speech is implore?
- Implore can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce implore?
- Implore is pronounced /ɪmˈplɔː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of implore?
- The past tense of implore is implored.
Words near implore in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: implore (page history and authors); implore (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implore (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ईट्टे (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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