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.
Imploring all the gods that reign above.
Pope.
I kneel, and then implore her blessing.
Shak. Syn. — To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.
Implore
(Im*plore"), v. i. To entreat; to beg; to prey.
Implore
(Im*plore"), n. Imploration. [Obs.] Spencer.
Implorer
(Im*plor"er) n. One who implores.
Imploring
(Im*plor"ing), a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. — Im*plor"ing*ly, adv.
Implosion
(Im*plo"sion) n. [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.]
1. A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; — contrasted with explosion.
2. (Phon.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound
made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§159,
189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying
explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. H. Sweet.
Implosive
(Im*plo"sive) a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. — n. An implosive sound, an implodent. —
Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. H. Sweet.
Implumed
(Im*plumed") a. Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. [R.] Drayton.
Implunge
(Im*plunge") v. t. To plunge. Fuller.
Impluvium
(||Im*plu"vi*um) n. [L., fr. impluere to rain into; pref. im- in + pluere to rain.] (Arch.) In
Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by
means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.
Imply
(Im*ply") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] [From the same source as
employ. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." Chapman.
2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include
virtually; as, war implies fighting.
Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied.
Bp. Sherlock.
When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise
that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services.
Blackstone. 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
Whence might this distaste arise?
If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
To which I most imply it.
J. Webster.
