sup pliantness

[Eng. suppliant; -ne .] The quality or state of being suppliant. *sup-pli-can-çỹ, subst . [ Eng.supplican (t);-cy.] The act of supplicating; supplication, suppliance. sup'-pli-cant, a. & s. [Lat. supplicans , pr. par. of supplico =to supplicate (q. v.).] A. As adj.: Entreating, begging, or asking earnestly; suppliant. "They offered to this council their letters supplicant ." -Bp. Bull : Corruptions of Church of Rome. B. As subst.: One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who asks earnestly and humbly; a suppliant. "Abraham, instead of indulging the supplicant in his desire of new evidence, refers him to what his brethren had."-Atterbury: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 2. sup-pli-cant-lý, adv . [Eng. supplicant ; -ly.] In a supplicating manner; like a supplicant. suppli-căt, subst . [Lat.=he supplicates.] In English Universities, a petition; spec if., a written application with a certificate that the requisite conditions have been complied with.