plor
Latinto wail, weep aloud, cry out, lament
Variants:plorplora
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From Latin plōrāre, 'to wail, weep aloud, cry out.' The literal sense of crying survives in deplore (weep over → condemn) and implore (cry to → beg). Most surprising is explore: ex- + plōrāre once described a hunter crying out as he flushed game, which shifted to 'search out, investigate.'
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explore
To travel to discover; to examine or investigate thoroughly
exploration
The act of traveling or investigating to discover new things
explorer
A person who travels to discover new places or things
implore
To beg someone earnestly and urgently
deplore
To strongly disapprove of or feel deep regret about something
unexplored
Not yet explored or investigated