imploration
(ɪmplɒˈreɪʃən)
[a. obs. F. imploration (16th c.), or ad. L. implōrātiōn-em, noun of action from implōrāre to implore.]
1. The action of imploring; tearful supplication, earnest beseeching.
| 1577 Fenton Gold. Epist. 109 Dauid vsed no other solicitor for the remouing of Gods wrathe, then the imploration of a penitent heart. 1613–18 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 6 Their implorations preuailed not. 1658 Cokaine Poems, Let. to Ld. Mohun (1669) 81 The fluent Singer..would In imploration for Aide grow old. 1841 Catlin N. Amer. Ind. (1844) II. lviii. 243 Their earnest implorations for divine forgiveness and mercy. 1889 L. Abbott in Chr. Union (N.Y.) 10 Jan. 48 With the outcry of despairing imploration. |
† 2. Deploring; lamentation. Obs. rare.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 163 In token of their innocency, and imploration of their own weakness. |