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implore

verb
/ɪmˈplɔː/UK/ɪmˈploɹ/US/ɪmˈploə/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *pleh₃(w)-✻ — “to flow; to swim”
  2. borrowed from implōrāre
  3. borrowed from implorer

Definitions

  1. To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently

    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.
    • 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.
    • My daily bread is litt'rally implor'd, / I have no barns nor granaries to hoard; […]

  2. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something

    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: […]
    • 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.
    • Talk not thus, I implore you, Evelyn: do not imagine me the worldly calculator that my enemies deem me.

  3. Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person)

    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.
    • "Do not let me think of them too often, too much, too fondly," I implored; […]
    • She held up a warning finger as he lowered his mouth to the lips of the boy. 'But oh, why not?' implored he. 'Very well, then,' said she, relenting. 'But as gently as possible.' He kissed the child without waking him, […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently

      An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.

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Derived

implorable, implorement, implorer, imploring, unimplorable, unimplored

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at implore. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at implore. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at implore

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA