LekhoriLekhoriTo beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
And giue me leaue, / And doe not ſay 'tis Superſtition, that / I kneele, and then implore her Bleſſing.
To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
Acquaint her vvith the danger of my ſtate, / Implore her, in my voice, that ſhe make friends / To the ſtrict deputie: […]
Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.
An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.
Suddenly out of his delightfull dreame / The man avvoke, and vvould haue queſtiond more; / But he vvould not endure that vvofull theame / For to dilate at large, but vrged ſore / VVith percing vvordes, and pittifull implore, / Him haſty to ariſe.
PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of impl...
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That fortnight Rochester passed in intriguing and imploring.