Antonyms for implore


Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-plawr, -plohr
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplɔr, -ˈploʊr


Definition of implore

Origin :
  • c.1500, from Middle French implorer and directly from Latin implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from assimilated form of in- "on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plorare "to weep, cry out." Related: Implored; imploring; imploringly.
  • verb beg
Example sentences :
  • It was needful to implore them since they found the assurance so difficult to believe.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I beg, I beseech, I implore you, help me and show me the man that stole it.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • "He hasn't come yet," I answered; and then her eyes, too, began to implore.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • She is as bad as she can well be, therefore I implore you to take her home with you and adopt her.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
  • Why will you not speak to my mother, implore her to let me remain?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I implore you to write, or let me see you before you leave England!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • This morning he has visited me, to implore my intercession on his behalf.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Don't trouble about me, return to the hotel at once, and go to bed, I implore you.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • If we are all guilty we can only implore Providence to forget our faults.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I desire, I implore to be crushed, to be annihilated by your vengeance!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for implore

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