Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WiktionaryThe Free Dictionary
Search

implore

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also:imploré

English

[edit]
WOTD – 29 March 2023

Etymology

[edit]
PIE word
*h₁én

Theverb is borrowed fromMiddle Frenchimplorer (modernFrenchimplorer(“to beg, plead, implore”)),[1] or directly from itsetymonLatinimplōrāre, thepresentactiveinfinitive ofimplōrō(“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), fromim- (a variant ofin-(intensifyingprefix)) +plōrō(“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly fromProto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-(“to flow; to swim”)).[2]

Thenoun is derived from the verb.[3]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

implore (third-person singular simple presentimplores,present participleimploring,simple past and past participleimplored)

  1. (transitive)
    1. Tobeg orplead for (something)earnestly orurgently; tobeseech.
    2. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgentlydo something; to beseech, toentreat.
      • c.1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii],page63, column 1:
        Acquaint her vvith the danger of my ſtate, /Implore her, in my voice, that ſhe make friends / To the ſtrict deputie:[…]
      • 1725,Homer, “Book II”, in [William Broome], transl.,The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot,→OCLC,page85, lines470–473:
        And novv they ſhip their oars, and crovvn vvith vvine / The holy Goblet to the povv'rs divine: /Imploring all the Gods that reign above, / But chief, the blue-ey'd Progeny ofJove.
      • 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter X, inAlice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […],→OCLC, book I,page92:
        Talk not thus, Iimplore you, Evelyn: do not imagine me the worldly calculator that my enemies deem me.
      • 1899,Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter XIX, inJeremiah Curtin, transl.,In Vain […], Boston, Mass.:Little, Brown, and Company,→OCLC,page209:
        "Malinka," cried she, "ask no more, Iimplore thee! Enough, enough! This gentleman has delivered his message. Why lower one's self by an answer?"
      • 1995, Colleen Birchett, Stephanie Bibb, Deborah Morton, “Relationship”, inAfricans who Shaped Our Faith: Leader Guide, Chicago, Ill.:Urban Ministries,→ISBN,page138:
        Psalm 23implores us to thank God for helping us to find contentment in the midst of a tense and stressful world, for directing our lives along pathways that are consistent with His will, for the reassurance and security that flow from His constant presence and for protection, as well as for the gift of eternal life.
      • 1989,Kadia Molodowsky;Kathryn Hellerstein, transl. and editor, “Kheshvndike Nekht (Nights of Heshvan), Vilna, 1927: Prayer II”, inפאפירענע בריקן: געקליבענע לידער [Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky], Detroit, Mich.:Wayne State University Press, published1999,→ISBN,page147:
        A prayer lies bound in me / Andimplores a god, / Andimplores a name.
      • 2011 October 28,Kelly Gissendaner, Jennifer M. McBride,You Shall Not Condemn: A Story of Faith and Advocacy on Death Row‎[1], Eugene, Or.: Cascade Books,Wipf and Stock Publishers, published2022,→ISBN:
        Iimplore you not to allow prison to rob you of your dream or vision, nor of your dignity or self-worth. In all of us, there are untapped abilities. I encourage you to write that book, start that ministry, teach, study, pursue your dream.
  2. (intransitive)Often followed byfor(athing) orof(aperson): toexpress anearnest orurgentplea.

Conjugation

[edit]
Conjugation ofimplore
infinitive(to)implore
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularimploreimplored
2nd-personsingularimplore,implorest†implored,imploredst†
3rd-personsingularimplores,imploreth†implored
pluralimplore
subjunctiveimploreimplored
imperativeimplore—
participlesimploringimplored

Alternative forms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Related terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]
to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
to beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something
to express an earnest or urgent plea

Noun

[edit]

implore (pluralimplores)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Anact ofbegging orpleadingearnestly orurgently; anentreaty, animploration orimploring, aplea.

References

[edit]
  1. ^“implore,v.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
  2. ^“implore,v.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2023.
  3. ^“† implore,n.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2023.

French

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

implore

  1. inflection ofimplorer:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Portuguese

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

implore

  1. inflection ofimplorar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Spanish

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

implore

  1. inflection ofimplorar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=implore&oldid=84691006"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2025 Movatter.jp