*suppli*

n. [ From Supply. ] That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Suppliant. ] Supplication; entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant. ] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Sup"pli*ant*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Supplication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant. ] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he supplicates. ] (Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See Beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a supplicating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. supplication, L. supplicatio. ] 1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rom. Antiq.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who supplicates; a supplicant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. supplicatoire. ] Containing supplication; humble; earnest. [ 1913 Webster ]