implore

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to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way:

implore someone to do something She implored her parents not to send her away to school.

to ask for something in a sincere and emotional way:

She clasped her hands, and glancing upward, seemed to implore divine assistance.

to ask someone in a determined, sincere, and sometimes emotional way to do or not to do something, or to ask for something in this way:

She implored him not to leave her.