supplicate

t. & i. [Lat. supplicat us, pa. par. of supplico, from supplex ( gen it.supplicis )= bending down, suppliant; French supplier; Sp. suplicar; Ital.supplicare.] [SUPPLE, a.] A. Transitive : 1. To beg or ask for earnestly and humbly; to entreat for; to seek by earnest and humble prayer. "Whose mercy the most opulent of us all must one day supplicate." -Knox: Education of the Poor. 2. To addre in prayer; to call upon humbly. B. In trans.: To make supplication; to beg or petition earnestly and humbly. "Vain is each threat or supplicating prayer." Byron: Elegy on New stead Abbey. For the difference between to supplicate and to beg , see BEG. *sup-pli-cāte, s . [SUPPLICATE, v .] The same as SUPPLICAT (q. v.). "This year was a supplicate made for George Carew to have the degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred on him."Wood: Fasti Oxon., vol. i. sup-pli-cat-ing, pr. par. or a. [SUPPLICATE, v.]