supplicatory

[Eng. supplicat (e); -ory.] Containing, or of the nature of supplication; humble, earnest, petitionary. "Being all supplicatory prayers." -Howell : Letters , bk. ii., let. 67. *sup-pli-cā'-vit, s . [Lat.=he has begged.] Eng . Law : A writ formerly i uing out of the British Courts of King's (or Queen's) Bench or Chancery, for taking the surety of the peace against a man. *sup-plie, *sup-pli-en, v . t. [Fr. supplier.] To supplicate. "And if thou wolt shinen with dignities, thou muste besechen and supplien [ supplicabis ] hem, that yeuen the dignities."- Chaucer : Boecius , bk. iii.