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to implore

to implore

40 5.3
To ask someone very seriously to do or not do something
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈplɔːr/
  • Formal
translation icon : implorar
  • Instead, I am going to implore you to do one thing as you leave Stanford.
  • implore mercy
  • implore the king
  • implore the father

I ask you and implore you here today, my friends,

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Examples

Synonyms

to ask
vsto implore
1.0

To request that someone do something or meet a requirement

is an emotional earnest plea rather than a neutral question or demand
to ask for
vsto implore
1.0

To tell someone you want or need something

is a more urgent and desperate plea than a simple request
to request
vsto implore
1.0

To ask for something politely or formally

is a desperate emotional appeal rather than polite formal asking
to beg
vsto implore
417 1.0

Ask someone very seriously and urgently for something

is an emotional appeal that can be more controlled than this
to pray
vsto implore
  • Archaic
256 1.6

To beg someone urgently and humbly for something

is a more direct desperate appeal rather than a humble request
to plead
vsto implore
232 3.9

Ask someone urgently and emotionally for something

is usually more desperate and less composed than this earnest appeal
to call on
vsto implore
  • Formal
187 3.5

To ask someone to take action or give information, often in a meeting

is an emotional desperate plea rather than a formal appeal
to solicit
vsto implore
  • Formal
48 6.8

To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way

is a single urgent emotional plea rather than formal persistent asking
to beseech
vsto implore
  • Formal
47 8.2

To ask someone earnestly for something

is equally earnest but leans more toward desperate begging
to entreat
vsto implore
  • Formal
12 8.1

Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something

is like a desperate plea but can be less emotional
to beg for one's life
vsto implore
  • NSFW
5 7.4

Ask someone very strongly not to kill or hurt you

is used for desperate asking in many situations beyond life threats
to supplicate
vsto implore
  • Formal
3 9.6

To beg someone, often in prayer, for help or favor

is more about desperate pleading than formal humble petition
to beg on one's knees
vsto implore
  • Informal
1 7.0

Ask someone for help or forgiveness while kneeling and looking very desperate

is an urgent plea without requiring a specific humble posture
to intreat
vsto implore
  • Archaic
9.9

To ask someone very strongly for something

is the current everyday way to ask earnestly

Antonyms

716 1.7

To say no to a request or offer

How Earnest

to beg
417 1.0
to plead
232 3.9
to implore
  • Formal
40 5.3
to request
1.0
to ask
1.0

Surface Forms

implore infinitive
implored past
implored past participle
imploring present participle
implores third person singular

Etymology

Implore comes from Latin parts in- ('in') and plorare ('to weep' or 'cry out'), so the original picture is someone crying out to another person. A helpful way to remember is that this 'crying out' idea explains why to implore someone is to beg them earnestly.