supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
have supplicated
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present perfectof supplicate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ellis, alarmed at what might be the result, would again have supplicated to be excused; but Elinor, proudly saying, 'Fear no consequences for me!
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
I have wept, I have supplicated; I sigh, I threaten.
From Psyche by Charles Heron Wall
I have supplicated for pardon, what more can I do?”
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
I have supplicated you, and you have turned a deaf ear to my prayer!
From The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
I have supplicated, my dear Sir, for a mitigation of the sentence—but in vain——Samuel, cut me a wing of that fowl——I have sent another letter, on your account, to Mr. Drave.
From The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. by August Wilhelm Iffland
