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Implore vs Abjure - What's the difference?

implore | abjure |

As verbs the difference between implore and abjure

is that implore is while abjure is .

implore

English

Verb

(implor)
  • To beg urgently or earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I kneel, and then implore her blessing.
  • To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Imploring all the gods that reign above.

    Synonyms

    * entreat

    abjure

    English

    Verb

    (abjur)
  • To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
  • To abjure allegiance to a prince.
    To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).
  • (transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
  • To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
  • To abjure errors.
  • * 1610 , , act 5 scene 1
  • But this rough magic I here abjure [...]
  • To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
  • Synonyms

    * renounce

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