单词 | implore |
释义 | † imploren. Obsolete. rare. An act of imploring; imploration, entreaty. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > beseeching or importuning beseechinga1350 suit1372 beggingc1380 pursuita1393 supplicationa1393 cravingc1430 entreating1525 solicitation1533 entreatance1548 precation1548 suiting1560 soliciting1570 imploration1575 importuning1582 implore1590 suing1591 treating1595 exoration1610 implorement1611 imploring1611 suppliance?1611 importunement1665 solicitancy1665 beseechmenta1680 instancing1736 suppliancy1812 beg1814 clamouring1884 opportuning1972 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Rv He..vrged sore With percing wordes, and pittifull implore, Him hasty to arise. 1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. D3 Whose sudden sight her Fathers life-strings crackt, And falling downe, he ended his implore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). implorev. 1. transitive. a. To beg or pray for (aid, favour, pardon, etc.) with tearful or touching entreaties; to ask for in supplication; to beseech. †Formerly sometimes with two objects. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 67 He himselfe imploringe the assistaunce and faithe of Carthumandua. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 131 Haif we nocht iust cause to imploir the grace of God? 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 152 Hee might plainely discerne her dolorous gesture in the act of imploring his succour. 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. ii. 85 Permit me to implore you the promise that I shall receive no worse usage from you. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 79 My daily bread is litt'rally implor'd. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. viii. 31 He threw himself at her feet to implore forgiveness. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 224 He was perpetually surrounded by suitors imploring his interest. b. To beseech, entreat, petition (a person) with deep emotion (to do something). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore beseechc1175 ofsechec1300 praya1350 praya1387 supply?c1400 treatc1450 entreatc1475 solicitate1563 bepray1598 exore1598 exorate1599 implorea1616 deprecate1624 beg1675 implead1682 fleech1718 impetrate1881 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 168 Implore her..that she make friends To the strict deputie. View more context for this quotation 1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 2 May (1965) I. 3 I have allready told you I love you, and implor'd you not to forget me. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. x. 92 Talk not thus, I implore you, Evelyn. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland x. 238 The ladies of the household..implored him, with tears in their eyes, not to leave them. c. To utter as a supplication. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > utter request implore1850 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xv. 136 ‘Gentlemen, don't ring the bells, pray,’ implored the old man. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xvii. 28 ‘Do not let me think of them too often, too much, too fondly,’ I implored. 1887 ‘M. Corelli’ Thelma III. iii. ii. 251 ‘Let me go with thee!’ he implored, in broken accents. 1891 T. Hardy Group of Noble Dames 101 ‘Oh, take it away—please take it away!’ she implored. 2. intransitive. To utter touching supplications; const. for (a thing), of (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore beseech?c1225 praya1250 plead1340 pursuec1390 implore?a1513 perplead1581 entreat1593 beg1598 oratec1600 contest1607 deprecate1626 imprecatea1645 obtest1650 prig1700 special-plead1814 plea1868 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Implore, adore, thow indeflore, To mak our oddis evyne. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 351 Holding up my hand, and imploring for our lives. 1870 H. Smart Race for Wife x She flopped down on her knees, and implored for mercy. 1904 L. T. Meade Love Triumphant ii. 15 I implored of Granny to let us leave the cottage. Derivatives imˈplored adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requested askedOE entreated1567 inquired1598 petitioned1609 craved1614 sued-for1615 mendicateda1643 invited1658 implored1659 solicited1833 1659 J. Milton Civil Power in Wks. (1847) 413/2 I distrust not, through God's implored assistance, to make [it] plain by these following arguments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590v.?a1513 |
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