Emily Dickinson Lexicon

implore (-ed, imploring), v. [Fr. < L. implōrāre weep, lament.] (webplay: call).

1. Beg; plead for; request urgently; supplicate earnestly.
2. Shout; speak loudly; [fig.] boom; resound; resonate; reverberate.
3. Grieve; mourn; lament; expressing sorrow.

imply (implies), v. [OFr < L. implicāre, enfold, involve.]

1. Entail; implicate; predicate.
2. Denote; indicate; suggest; give an indication of.

import (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. importāre, carry or bring in.] (webplay: bears, know, mean, moment).

1. Bring; carry; convey; transplant from another location; bring in from another country unto one's homeland; [fig.] tell; introduce; communicate; hint at.
2. 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).

1. Beg; pray; implore.
2. Plead with; appeal to; try to persuade; [fig.] try to fix; attempt to repair; endeavor to save.
3. Ask repeatedly; implore earnestly; request with urgency; petition persistently for.

importunity, n. [Fr. < L.]

1. Persistence; perseverance; productivity; continual courtship; [fig.] poetry; prolific offerings of creative writing.
2. 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.]

1. Impressive; intimidating; heavy; weighty; important.
2. Binding; pressing; inescapable; overwhelming; overpowering; relentless; [fig.] mandatory; obligatory.

impossibility, n. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: man).

1. Ideal; unseeable essence; imaginative concept; inexpressible underlying reality; unthinkable new idea; image never conceived of before.
2. Inaccessibility; unavailability; the unobtainable; that which seems impractical; that which is heretofore unknown; that which previously could not be done.