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Definition of Imploring
1. Adjective. Begging.
Similar to: Adjuratory, Importunate, Mendicant, Petitionary, Precative, Precatory, Suppliant, Supplicant, Supplicatory
Antonyms: Imperative
Definition of Imploring
1. a. That implores; beseeching; entreating.
Definition of Imploring
1. Verb. Present participle of ''to implore''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imploring
1. implore [v] - See also: implore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imploring
Literary usage of Imploring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"imploring ihe protection and forgiveness of the emperor, they solemnly promised,
as subjects in peace, and as soldiers in war, the most inviolable fidelity ..."
2. The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1813)
"... to the Roman Senate, imploring their protection against T—~—• A. FATHERS,
death-bed, left in charge to Jugurtha,*his ad*p<-ed-son, ..."
3. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1823)
"Speech of ADHERBAL to the Roman Senate, imploring their protection against JUGURTHA.
FATHERS! It is known to you, ..."
4. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... to pursue such a course, in any emergencies which may arise, as becomes the
chief magistrate of a free and enlightened people, and imploring the ..."
5. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1827)
"Isabella of Arragon, Widow of Frederic King of Naples, to the Queen of France,
imploring assistance for herself and her sons, Ferdinand and Al- ..."
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