implore
Meanings
Plural: implore, implored, implores
Verb
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
- To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
- Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.
Noun
- An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*h₁én
The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Scrabble Score: 11
implore is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordimplore is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
implore is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
implore is a valid Words With Friends word