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Definition
ask humbly (for something);or: make a humble, earnest petition;
or: ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
- He supplicated the King for forgiveness
supplicated = asked humbly
- Sire, we supplicate you, with clasped hands and bended knees, as a divinity is supplicatedDumas, Alexandre -- The Man in the Iron Mask
- supplicate for permission
- His face gave again, round the room, its convulsed supplication.Henry James -- The Turn of the Screw
- Now I supplicate you, Richard, to whom I belong, and whom I wish to honour and obey, as I vowed, to let me in.Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
- As hard as I willed it, I could not draw up anything to follow: no formal supplication, no Bible verse, no scrap of liturgy.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- He laid his hand upon it, and it clasped him with a trembling supplication.Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- Blaze leaned forward and rested her elbows on her knees, her forearms stretched out as if in supplication.Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
- Her arms went up in a desperate supplication for a minute.Zora Neale Hurston -- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- O come forth, Come forth, my son; thy father supplicates.Sophocles -- Antigone
- We simply wanted to remind you of the possibility and renew our perpetual supplication for mercy and divine protection.Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- She fell forward on her knees, head down, hands raised in supplication.Stephen King -- Carrie
- Then came interviews, mysterious conversations, exhortations, entreaties, supplications, even tears—would you believe it, even tears?Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- He couldn't read Ancient Greek, but he guessed they were prayers or supplications to the dead, written by pilgrims thousands of years ago.Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
- And the monster laughed so loudly and hideously that we could no longer distinguish Christine's supplicating cries!Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
- 'There is no retreat,' said Nicholas, in an agony of supplication; 'no withdrawing!Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- In the churches there were more supplications than carols.Albert Camus -- The Plague
- She runs to me, grabbing my arm in supplication.Susan Ee -- Angelfall
- He spreads his hands in supplication.Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
- He went on saying brokenly to himself, "She has supplicated to me in her time; and now her tongue won't own me nor her eyes see me!Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)