Imploration
[im-plawr, -plohr]
verb (used with object), implored, imploring.
1.
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
They implored him to go.
2.
to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.):
implore forgiveness.
verb (used without object), implored, imploring.
3.
to make urgent or piteous supplication.
/ɪmˈplɔː/
verb (transitive)
1.
to beg or ask (someone) earnestly (to do something); plead with; beseech
2.
to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; beg: to implore someone’s mercy
v.
c.1500, from Middle French implorer and directly from Latin implorare “call for help, beseech,” originally “invoke with weeping,” from assimilated form of in- “on, upon” (see in- (2)) + plorare “to weep, cry out.” Related: Implored; imploring; imploringly.
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