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 pray to, or for, earnestly;
to petition with urgency; 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.
Im*plore", v. i. To entreat; to
beg; to prey.
Im*plore", n. Imploration.
[Obs.] Spencer.
