'Imploring' definitions:
Definition of 'imploring'
From: WordNet
adjective
Definition of 'Imploring'
From: GCIDE
- 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 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. [1913 Webster]
- Imploring all the gods that reign above. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- I kneel, and then implore her blessing. --Shak.
- Syn: To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Imploring'
From: GCIDE
- Imploring \Im*plor"ing\, a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- {Im*plor"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imploring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjuration,
- adjuratory,
- adorant,
- adoring,
- appeal,
- appealing,
- begging,
- beseeching,
- beseechment,
- bid,
- call,
- clamor,
- cry,
- devotional,
- devout,
- entreating,
- entreaty,
- imploration,
- imprecation,
- in the dust,
- invocation,
- invocatory plea,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- on bended knee,
- plea,
- pleading,
- prayer,
- prayerful,
- precative,
- precatory,
- prostrate before,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- rogation,
- solemn,
- suit,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplication,
- supplicatory,
- venerational,
- venerative,
- worshipful,
- worshiping