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Implore Implored Im‧Plore ɪmˈplɔː ɔːr Verb Intransitive Transitive

Front implore
Back im‧plore /ɪmˈplɔː $ -ɔːr/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
to ask for something in an emotional way SYN beg:
‘Don’t go,’ I implored her.
implore somebody to do something
She implored the soldiers to save her child.
—imploring adjective:
a ragged child with imploring eyes

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