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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We have petitioned—we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
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
We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.
From Eighth Reader by James Baldwin
I have supplicated for pardon, what more can I do?”
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves at the foot of the throne, and implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical bands of the ministry and parliament.
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
