implore
verb /ɪmˈplɔː(r)/
/ɪmˈplɔːr/
(formal or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they implore | /ɪmˈplɔː(r)/ /ɪmˈplɔːr/ |
| he / she / it implores | /ɪmˈplɔːz/ /ɪmˈplɔːrz/ |
| past simple implored | /ɪmˈplɔːd/ /ɪmˈplɔːrd/ |
| past participle implored | /ɪmˈplɔːd/ /ɪmˈplɔːrd/ |
| -ing form imploring | /ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ/ /ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ/ |
- to ask somebody to do something in an anxious way because you want or need it very much synonym beseech, beg
- implore somebody to do something She implored him to stay.
- implore (somebody) + speech ‘Help me,’ he implored.
- implore somebody Tell me it's true. I implore you.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French implorer or Latin implorare ‘invoke with tears’.