Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who supplicates; a suppliant.
- adjective Supplicating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Entreating; imploring; asking humbly.
- noun One who supplicates or humbly entreats; a humble petitioner; a suppliant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Entreating; asking submissively.
- noun One who supplicates; a suppliant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
begging ,pleading ,supplicating - noun one who comes to
humbly ask orpetition
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who prays to God
- adjective humbly entreating
- noun one praying humbly for something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Then he called the supplicant's name loud tone, and the next instant still more loudly; and now she turned, and, in the faint light of the little lamp, showed the marvellously noble outlines of her profile.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Then he called the supplicant's name loud tone, and the next instant still more loudly; and now she turned, and, in the faint light of the little lamp, showed the marvellously noble outlines of her profile.
Arachne — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Then he called the supplicant's name loud tone, and the next instant still more loudly; and now she turned, and, in the faint light of the little lamp, showed the marvellously noble outlines of her profile.
Arachne — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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And I couldn’t translate whom he was calling supplicant
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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And I couldn’t translate whom he was calling supplicant
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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And I couldn’t translate whom he was calling supplicant
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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No one knew what to say, but everyone was adamant that no bottle of catsup would disgrace that table, even if the supplicant was a senator commanding a vital vote.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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A single denunciation might be appropriate, but anything more than that is adopting the position of a guilty supplicant, which is exactly what the marxist media wants.
Pajamas Media Charlie Martin 2010
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A single denunciation might be appropriate, but anything more than that is adopting the position of a guilty supplicant, which is exactly what the marxist media wants.
Pajamas Media Charlie Martin 2010
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By mandating strong security, EarthLink ups the technical support issues for their retail partners because an 802. 1X client (known as a supplicant) will be required to access their network.
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