v. 25B6; verb
his mother implored him to continue studying : PLEAD WITH, beg, entreat, appeal to, ask, request, call on; exhort, urge, enjoin, press, push, petition, bid; poetic/literary beseech.
(archaic) she implored pity : BEG FOR, plead for, appeal for, call for; ask for, request, sue for.