GCIDE: Defining Implore using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Implore \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. [1913 Webster]
Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak.
Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Implore \Im*plore"\, v. i. To entreat; to beg; to prey. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Implore \Im*plore"\, n. Imploration. [Obs.] --Spencer. [1913 Webster]
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