different between implore vs crave

English

Alternative forms

• emplore (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French implorer, from Latin impl?r? (“I beseech, I implore”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?pl??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?pl??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?m?plo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?m?plo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: im?plore

Verb

implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored)

1. To beg urgently or earnestly.
2. To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.

Synonyms

• entreat

Translations

French

Verb

implore

1. first-person singular present indicative of implorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of implorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of implorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of implorer
5. second-person singular imperative of implorer

Portuguese

Verb

implore

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of implorar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of implorar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of implorar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of implorar

Spanish

Verb

implore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of implorar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of implorar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of implorar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *krafjan? (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr?v, IPA^(key): /k?e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

2. (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.

Derived terms

• craving
• cravingly
• cravingness

Translations

Noun

crave (plural craves)

1. (law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, s. v. “*krab?n-” and “*kr?bi-”.

Anagrams

• Caver, carve, caver, varec

Portuguese

Verb

crave

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cravar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of cravar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cravar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cravar

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• crae, giae, jave
• crai (campidanese)

Etymology

From earlier *clave, from Latin cl?vis, cl?vem, from Proto-Italic *kl?wis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cra?e/

Noun

crave f (plural craves)

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