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Literary works often employ "implore" as a powerful means to convey urgent and heartfelt appeals. In the epic tradition, for instance, its use in Virgil’s narrative ([1], [2], [3], [4]) underscores the gravity of requests made to both divine and mortal figures, imbuing the plea with a sense of fate and solemnity. In dramatic and romantic contexts, authors like Shakespeare, Dumas, and Tolstoy harness the word to evoke desperation and emotional intensity during moments of crisis ([5], [6], [7]). Its application spans various genres—from Homer’s mythic invocations ([8], [9]) and the methodical, almost ritualistic entreaties in classical rhetoric ([10], [11]), to the measured yet impassioned requests found in later narratives such as those by Chekhov and Dostoyevsky ([12], [13]). Thus, "implore" remains a versatile term, richly layered in both meaning and tone across literary history.
  1. Rais’d by these hopes, I sent no news before, Nor ask’d your leave, nor did your faith implore; But come, without a pledge, my own ambassador.
    — from The Aeneid by Virgil
  2. Stay, I implore, their fury, and grant me and my son union in the tomb.'
    — from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
  3. This thing, all tatter’d, seem’d from far t’implore Our pious aid, and pointed to the shore.
    — from The Aeneid by Virgil
  4. This last favour I implore: sister, be pitiful; grant this to me, and I will restore it in full measure when I die.'
    — from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
  5. Yes, brother, you may live: There is a devilish mercy in the judge, If you'll implore it, that will free your life,
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  6. D’Artagnan detained her by her night dress of fine India linen, to implore her pardon; but she, with a strong movement, tried to escape.
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  7. “Dear princess, I beg and implore you, have some pity on him!
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  8. Why cease ye then to implore the powers above, And offer hecatombs to thundering Jove?
    — from The Odyssey by Homer
  9. On their behalf though they are not here, I implore you to stand firm, and not to turn in flight.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  10. Thy aid, divine Apollo, I implore, And thine, dread ruler of the wat’ry store!
    — from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  11. We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.
    — from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal
  12. “Nikolay Stepanovitch,” she said imploringly, stretching out both hands to me, “my precious friend, I beg you, I implore you....
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  13. “I simply implore you, madam, to listen to me.
    — from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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