[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/implore/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) / implore

# implore

verb (implore, implores, implored, imploring)

«implore» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To beg someone very strongly and emotionally to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#m1)

### In the lessons

A strong, formal word for begging, often in stories: «I implore you», «implored him to stop». It shows that a character is desperate. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad's friends implore him to give up motor-cars; in the Just So Stories the Elephant's Child implores his relatives to tell him what the Crocodile eats.

### Examples

- «Please, I implore you, let me go!» cried the prisoner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x1)
- She implored her parents to let her keep the puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x2)
- Rat implored Toad to give up motor-cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x3)
- The Elephant's Child implored his relatives to answer his question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x4)
- He implored the referee to change his decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x5)
- The villagers implored the king for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x6)
- I implore you to spare my life." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: implored, imploring. Pattern: implore someone to do something. Adjective «imploring» (an imploring look). Similar: beg, plead, beseech (old).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «implore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«implore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/implore.html) on Mova free.