supplicate
[verb]
Synonyms: beg, appeal, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, plead, pray

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Related Idioms: ask on bended knee, come down on one's marrowbones

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supplicate verb. ['sʌplɪkeɪt] LME.
[Latin supplicat- pa. ppl stem of supplicare, formed as SUB- + placere propitiate: see -ATE³.]
1. verb intrans. Beg or entreat humbly, submit a formal petition. (Foll. by to, for, that, to do.) LME.

2. verb trans. Beseech, entreat, (a person, to do); petition formally or beg humbly for (a thing). M17.

3. verb intrans. spec. At Oxford University, present a formal petition for a degree or for incorporation. (Foll. by for, to be.) L17.

■ supplicatingly adverb in a supplicating manner M19.

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