Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imploring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Implore \Im*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implored}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Imploring}.] [L. implorare; pref. im- in + plorare to
cry aloud. See {Deplore}.]
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey
to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat;
to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing
sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope.
I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak.
Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit;
petition; prey; request; adjure. See {Beseech}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a.
That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- {Im*plor"ing*ly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
imploring
adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
her voice" [syn: {appealing}, {importunate}, {pleading}]
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