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adj. - Expressing earnest entreaty.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Verb (used with object) : They implored him to go. ,implore forgiveness
  • A British officer was shouting at the mob in Arabic, imploring them not to compel him to fire on them.
  • One student, Erica Weitzner, reported getting four or five emails in addition to phone calls imploring her to contribute.
  • The official leaders of the C.N.T. had joined with those of the U.G.T. in imploring everyone to go back to work; above all, food was running short.
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