Definition

1. Verb:
   • To beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something: To make a very serious, emotional, and often humble request.
   • To plead or entreat with great urgency: To ask for something in a way that shows you are in great need or distress.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • She implored the judge for mercy. (She begged the judge very seriously for mercy.)
  • I implore you to reconsider your decision. (I earnestly beg you to think about your decision again.)
  • The child implored his mother not to leave. (The child desperately pleaded with his mother to stay.)

Advanced Usage

• "to implore someone for something": To beg someone to give you a specific thing.
  • The refugees implored the soldiers for food and water.
• "to implore someone to do something": To beg someone to take a specific action.
  • He implored his friend to tell the truth.

Variants and Related Words

• Imploring (adj): Having a begging or pleading quality.
  • She gave him an imploring look. (Her look was full of desperate pleading.)
• Imploringly (adv): In a begging or pleading manner.
  • He spoke imploringly. (He spoke in a way that showed he was begging.)

Synonyms

• Beg: To ask for something earnestly or humbly.
• Plead: To make an emotional appeal.
• Beseech: To ask someone urgently and fervently to do something.
• Entreat: To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

Related Phrases

• To implore forgiveness: To desperately ask to be forgiven.
  • He fell to his knees to implore forgiveness.
• To implore aid/help: To desperately ask for assistance.
  • The letter implored aid for the starving population.

Verb

1. call upon in supplication; entreat
   • I beg you to stop!