implore

== English == === Etymology === 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 *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈploɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈploə/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Hyphenation: im‧plore === Verb === implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored) (transitive) 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. (intransitive) Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== emplore (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === implore (plural implores) (obsolete, rare) An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea. === References === == French == === Verb === implore inflection of implorer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === implore inflection of implorar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === implore inflection of implorar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative