supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
are supplicating
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present progressiveof supplicate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Delicacy and sweetness are supplicating, but true fury is profound.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2018
O thou who are supplicating to God and turning to the Spirit of His Kingdom!
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
They are supplicating the kingdom of Thy mercifulness and invoking the realm of Thy singleness.
From Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Báb
Then are brought to it various offerings of grain, butter, &c., by the worshippers who are supplicating blessings, the officiating priest all the while reading passages from the sacred books.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
