(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone to do something, you ask them very politely and seriously to do it. (FORMAL)
Trevor Steven ~ed them to delay their departure...
‘Call me Earl!’ he ~ed...
I earnestly ~ that we don’t get caught out again.
= implore
VERB: V n to-inf, V with quote, V that, also V n, V n with quote