implore
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
implore/ɪmˈplɔː(r)/
▶verb beg earnestly or desperately.
■ archaic beg earnestly for.
– derivatives
imploring adjective,
imploringly adverb.
imploring adjective,
imploringly adverb.
– origin C16: from Fr. implorer or L. implorare ‘invoke with tears’.
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