Category:Supplicate

Sup"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplicating.] Etym: [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.

2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to Supplicate the deity.

Syn. -- to beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; Crave. See beseech.

Supplicate Sup"pli*cate, v. i.

Defn: to make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon.