implore
/ɪmˈplɔr/, /-ˈploʊr/ v [T]Definition
› to ask someone in a determined, sincere, and sometimes emotional way to do or not to do something, or to ask for something in this way: She implored him not to leave her.
(Definition of implore v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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