Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: implore – impossibility
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implore (-ed, imploring), v. [Fr. < L. implōrāre weep, lament.] (webplay: call).
- Beg; plead for; request urgently; supplicate earnestly.
- Shout; speak loudly; [fig.] boom; resound; resonate; reverberate.
- Grieve; mourn; lament; expressing sorrow.
imply (implies), v. [OFr < L. implicāre, enfold, involve.]
- Entail; implicate; predicate.
- Denote; indicate; suggest; give an indication of.
import (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. importāre, carry or bring in.] (webplay: bears, know, mean, moment).
- Bring; carry; convey; transplant from another location; bring in from another country unto one's homeland; [fig.] tell; introduce; communicate; hint at.
- Mean; signify; suggest; intimate; imply; connote.
important, adj. [Fr. < L. importāre, be of consequence.]
Meaningful; significant; essential; having much consequence.
importunate, adj. [L. importūnus.]
Pleading; appealing; solicitous; imploring.
importune (-d, -s), v. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: unceasing).
- Beg; pray; implore.
- Plead with; appeal to; try to persuade; [fig.] try to fix; attempt to repair; endeavor to save.
- Ask repeatedly; implore earnestly; request with urgency; petition persistently for.
importunity, n. [Fr. < L.]
- Persistence; perseverance; productivity; continual courtship; [fig.] poetry; prolific offerings of creative writing.
- Request; plea; petition; pressing claim; repeated application for a favor.
impose, v. [Fr. < L. impōněre.] (webplay: command).
Enforce; inflict; regulate; bring down; place over by authority; [fig.] control by the force of gravity.
imposing, verbal adj. [see impose, v.]
- Impressive; intimidating; heavy; weighty; important.
- Binding; pressing; inescapable; overwhelming; overpowering; relentless; [fig.] mandatory; obligatory.
impossibility, n. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: man).
- Ideal; unseeable essence; imaginative concept; inexpressible underlying reality; unthinkable new idea; image never conceived of before.
- Inaccessibility; unavailability; the unobtainable; that which seems impractical; that which is heretofore unknown; that which previously could not be done.