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SUPPLICATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask humbly (for something)

Example:

He supplicated the King for clemency

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "supplicate" is one way to...):

beg; implore; pray (call upon in supplication; entreat)

Verb group:

supplicate (ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer)

supplicate (make a humble, earnest petition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

suppliant; supplicant (one praying humbly for something)

supplicant (humbly entreating)

supplication (a humble request for help from someone in authority)

supplicatory (humbly entreating)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer

Example:

supplicate God's blessing

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "supplicate" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

supplicate (ask humbly (for something))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Derivation:

supplicant; supplicatory (humbly entreating)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a humble, earnest petition

Example:

supplicate for permission

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "supplicate" is one way to...):

petition (write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing)

Verb group:

supplicate (ask humbly (for something))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

supplicant; supplicatory (humbly entreating)

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