implored

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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