imploreEnglishOxford English Thesaurusimplore verb his mother implored him to continue studying: plead with, beg, entreat, beseech, appeal to, pray, ask, request, solicit, supplicate, importune, call on; exhort, urge, enjoin, press, push, petition, encourage, bid; rare obtest, obsecrate, impetrate.implore Oxford Dictionary of English