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supplicate (verb)

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  • supplicate — ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …   English terms dictionary

  • supplicate — verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin supplicatus, past participle of supplicare, from supplic , supplex supplicant more at supple Date: 15th century intransitive verb to make a humble entreaty; especially to pray to God… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • supplicate — verb /ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/ a) To humble oneself before another in making a request; to beg. b) To plead with ones deity …   Wiktionary

  • supplicate — verb (I, T) literary to ask or pray for help from someone in power or from God supplication / sVpli keISFn/ noun (U): Paolo knelt and bowed his head in supplication …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • supplicate — verb he supplicated the governor for leniency Syn: entreat, beg, plead with, implore, petition, appeal to, call on, urge, enjoin, importune, sue, ask, request; literary beseech …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • supplicate — [c]/ˈsʌpləkeɪt / (say supluhkayt) verb (supplicated, supplicating) –verb (i) 1. to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition. –verb (t) 2. to pray humbly to; entreat or petition humbly. 3. to seek by humble entreaty. {late Middle… …  

  • supplicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. entreat, petition, pray, beg, beseech. See request, worship. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. petition, pray, beseech; see appeal 1 , beg 1 . See Synonym Study at appeal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …   English dictionary for students

  • supplicate — [15] Someone who supplicates is etymologically ‘bending or folding up underneath’ – hence ‘kneeling down to pray’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin supplicāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘down, underneath’ and… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • supplicate — [ sʌplɪkeɪt] verb ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. Derivatives supplicant adjective &noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective Origin ME: from L. supplicat , supplicare implore , from sub from below + placere propitiate …   English new terms dictionary

  • supplicate — [15] Someone who supplicates is etymologically ‘bending or folding up underneath’ – hence ‘kneeling down to pray’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin supplicāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘down, underneath’ and… …   Word origins

  • supplicant — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …   English terms dictionary

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