† exoratev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive.
a. To request earnestly, implore.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore
beseechc1175
ofsechec1300
praya1350
praya1387
supply?c1400
treatc1450
entreatc1475
solicitate1563
bepray1598
exore1598
exorate1599
implorea1616
deprecate1624
beg1675
implead1682
fleech1718
impetrate1881
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington Prol. sig. A2 Let a poore Scholler implore and exerate, that you would make him riche in the possession of a mite of your fauours.
c1600 Timon (1980) ii. iv. 29 Let it o let it bee lawfull for mee..to orate & exorate before the altar of your clemencie.
b. To prevail upon (a person) by entreaty.
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1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 21 Nothing could prevail, nor would the duke be exorated.
2. To obtain by request.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by asking, entreaty, or importunity
getc1330
emprent?c1400
impetrea1450
impetrate1533
importunate1605
to worm (a person) out of1617
exorate1623
wheedle1670
stout1812
1623–6 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
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