Word Meanings - IMPLORE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought. Imploring all the
Additional info about word: IMPLORE
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPLORE)
- Beg
- Ask
- request
- entreat
- supplicate
- beseech
- implore
- pray
- petition
- crave
- Beseech
- Entreat
- solicit
- ask
- beg
- Conjure
- Implore
- importune
- Crave
- Intreat
- cry
- obsecrate
- urge
Related words: (words related to IMPLORE)
- SUPPLICATE
supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To - CONJUREMENT
Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. Milton. - OBSECRATE
To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. . Cockerman. (more info) on religious grounds; ob + sacrare to declare as sacred, - BESEECH
1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. Milton. Syn. -- To beg; to crave. -- To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate. - IMPORTUNELY
In an importune manner. - CONJURER
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner. - ENTREATY
1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser. Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; - SOLICITUDE
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. - CONJURE
To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure. I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. Addison. - IMPORTUNE
derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. 1. Inopportune; unseasonable. 2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. And their importune - PETITIONARILY
By way of begging the question; by an assumption. Sir T. Browne. - ENTREATFUL
Full of entreaty. See Intreatful. - CRAVEN
Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart." Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay. (more info) struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, - SOLICITRESS
A woman who solicits. - IMPLORER
One who implores. - PETITIONEE
A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition. - SOLICITATE
Solicitous. Eden. - INTREAT
See SPENSER - SOLICITOUS
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. "Solicitous of my reputation." Dryden. "He was solicitous for his advice." Calerendon. Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be - BESEECHING
Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seech"ing*ness, n.