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More words related to implore

press
verb. pressure, trouble
  • afflict
  • assail
  • beg
  • beset
  • besiege
  • buttonhole
  • come at
  • compel
  • constrain
  • demand
  • depress
  • disquiet
  • enjoin
  • entreat
  • exhort
  • force
  • harass
  • implore
  • importune
  • insist on
  • lean on
  • oppress
  • petition
  • plague
  • plead
  • pressurize
  • push
  • railroad
  • sadden
  • sell
  • squeeze
  • sue
  • supplicate
  • torment
  • urge
  • vex
  • weigh down
  • work on
  • worry

solicit
verb. plead for; try to sell
  • accost
  • apply
  • approach
  • ask
  • beg
  • beseech
  • bespeak
  • bum
  • cadge
  • call
  • canvass
  • challenge
  • claim
  • come on to
  • crave
  • demand
  • desire
  • drum
  • drum up
  • entreat
  • exact
  • go
  • hawk
  • hit on
  • hit up
  • hustle
  • implore
  • importune
  • inquire
  • mooch
  • panhandle
  • pass the hat
  • peddle
  • petition
  • postulate
  • pray
  • promote
  • proposition
  • query
  • question
  • refer
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • resort
  • seduce
  • seek
  • sponge
  • steer
  • sue for
  • supplicate
  • touch
  • tout
  • turn
  • whistle for

urge
verb. beg, push for, encourage
  • adjure
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • appeal to
  • ask
  • attract
  • beseech
  • champion
  • charge
  • commend
  • compel
  • conjure
  • counsel
  • countenance
  • drive
  • egg on
  • endorse
  • entreat
  • exhort
  • favor
  • fire up
  • force
  • further
  • goad
  • hasten
  • impel
  • implore
  • incite
  • induce
  • influence
  • insist on
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • maneuver
  • move
  • plead
  • press
  • promote
  • prompt
  • propel
  • propose
  • push
  • put up to
  • rationalize
  • recommend
  • request
  • sanction
  • solicit
  • speak for
  • spur
  • stimulate
  • support
  • tempt
  • wheedle
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Word Origin & History

implore 1500, from L. implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from in- "upon" + plorare "to weep, cry out."

Example Sentences for implore

Dont trifle with your mother that way, my son; I implore you to remember that this is no occasion for levity.

You laugh, you cry; you implore, you demand; he only frowns, or smiles derisively.

I implore you, I charge you on your soul, convert me not into this demon.

I ask and implore you to step on board and soothe him down, sir.

"I will implore my uncle to-morrow, to spare you," cried Paula.

Yes, she would if you could be brought to implore her as earnestly as I implore you.

If she says that she will write, insist, implore her to give you a line on the spot.

I implore you to return to the ship and say nothing of my being here.

My brethren and sisters, let us remember and call upon God and implore his blessings and his favor upon us.

Circè shrieked with fear and fell on her knees to implore my mercy.

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