Shak.
Syn. -- To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition;
prey; request; adjure. See Beseech.
Im*plore", v. i. To entreat; to beg; to prey.
Im*plore", n. Imploration. [Obs.] Spencer.
Im*plor"er (?), n. One who implores.
Im*plor"ing, a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. --
Im*plor"ing*ly, adv.
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.
Im*plo"sive (?), a. (Phon.) Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive
sound, an implodent. -- Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. H. Sweet.
Im*plumed" (?), a. Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.
[R.] Drayton.
Im*plunge" (?), v. t. To plunge. Fuller.
||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.
||
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.