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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Im·plore v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implored p. pr. & vb. n. Imploring.]  To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urgency; 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.