Category:Suppliant

Sup"pli*ant, a. Etym: [f., p.pr. of supplier to entreat, l. Supplicare. See supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]

1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; Supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden.

2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. To bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee. Milton.

Syn. -- entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. -- sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- sup"pli*ant*ness, n.

Suppliant Sup"pli*ant, n.

Defn: one who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats Submissively. Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden.