suppliance
1[ suh-plahy-uhns ]
noun
the act, method, or process of supplying.
Origin of suppliance
1Words Nearby suppliance
Other definitions for suppliance (2 of 2)
suppliance2
[ suhp-lee-uhns ]
noun
appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
Origin of suppliance
2First recorded in 1605–15; suppli(ant) + -ance
- Also suppliancy.
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How to use suppliance in a sentence
And with arms still raised in suppliance for his great unselfish soul, he sprang out backward to the darkening sea.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary Antin"It will make in all three thousand francs," said the old man, smiling agreeably, but folding his hands in instinctive suppliance.
The American | Henry James“When Greece her knees in suppliance bent,” when he stuck there.
The beggar made his plea and, with a dirty palm outstretched, waited in patient suppliance.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. CobbThe happy suppliance of Theobald, universally adopted with the change of his for to so.
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