SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
implore
verb
To ask urgently and earnestly.
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Ask with urgency
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Usage distinction
Return to topImplore signals greater urgency or feeling than request; plead usually takes with when followed by a person.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See implore in use
The lost traveler began to implore the guide to reconsider the route.
A nervous tenant in a fictional comedy begins to implore a neighbor for a folding screen moments before guests arrive at his unfinished room.
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