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imploring

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 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}.

Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a.
   That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- {Im*plor"ing*ly},
   adv.

Source : WordNet®

imploring
     adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
           look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
           for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
           her voice" [syn: {appealing}, {importunate}, {pleading}]
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