Suppliantness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
     L. supplicare. See {Supplicate}, and cf. {Supplicant}.]
     1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
        supplicating.
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              The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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              To bow and sue for grace
              With suppliant knee.                  --Milton.
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     Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
          imploring.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Sup"pli*ant*ly}, adv. --
          {Sup"pli*ant*ness}, n.
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