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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implored}; p. pr &
vb n. {Imploring}.] [L. implorare pref. im- in + plorare to
cry aloud. See {Deplore}.]
To call upon or for in supplication; to beseech; to prey
to or for earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat;
to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing
sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope.
I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak.
Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit;
petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}.
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