Part 5619

<blockquote>I kneel, and then <b>implore</b> her blessing. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To beseech; supplicate; crave; entreat; beg; solicit; petition; prey; request; adjure. See <er>Beseech</er>.</syn>

<h1>Implore</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plore"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To entreat; to beg; to prey.</def>

<h1>Implore</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plore"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Imploration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spencer.</i>

<h1>Implorer</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plor"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who implores.</def>

<h1>Imploring</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plor"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That implores; beseeching; entreating.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Im*plor"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Implosion</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plo"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formed by substitution of pref. <ets>im-</ets> in for pref. <ets>ex-</ets> in <ets>explosion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with <i>explosion</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering <i>p</i>, <i>t</i>, or <i>k</i>, at the end of a syllable (see <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect;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 <i>b</i>, <i>d</i>, and <i>g</i>, heard in Southern Germany.</def>

<i>H. Sweet.</i>

<h1>Implosive</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plo"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>Formed by implosion.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An implosive sound, an implodent.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Im*plo"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<i>H. Sweet.</i>

<h1>Implumed</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plumed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Implunge</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plunge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To plunge.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Impluvium</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plu"vi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>impluere</ets> to rain into; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pluere</ets> to rain.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the <i>compluvium</i>; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.</def>

<h1>Imply</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*ply"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Implied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Implying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From the same source as employ. See <er>Employ</er>, <er>Ply</er>, and cf. <er>Implicate</er>, <er>Apply</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To infold or involve; to wrap up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "His head in curls <i>implied</i>."