Supplicate

4 definitions found

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

  Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, v. i.
     To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
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           A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplicated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Supplicating}.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of
     supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex,
     supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub
     under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf.
     {Placable}), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the
     idea of bending the knees (cf. {Ply}, v. t.). Cf. {Supple}.]
     1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for
        earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on
        Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
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     2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to
        supplicate the Deity.
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     Syn: To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune;
          solicit; crave. See {Beseech}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supplicate
       v 1: ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for
            clemency"
       2: make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission"
       3: ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's
          blessing"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplicate":
     adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, call for help, call on,
     call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for,
     cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, implore,
     importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to, make supplication, obtest,
     offer a prayer, petition, plead, plead for, pray, pray over,
     recite the rosary, return thanks, run to, say grace