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.
SUPPLICATINGLY
Sup"pli*ca`ting*ly, adv.
Defn: In a supplicating manner.
SUPPLICATION
Sup`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F. supplication, L. supplicatio.]
1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
3. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: 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.
Syn.
— Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving.