implore

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔː/

The English word “implore” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.

noun

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

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…

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