suppliance

¹ American  

[suh-plahy-uhns] / səˈplaɪ əns /

noun

1. the act, method, or process of supplying. supply.

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suppliance ² American  

[suhp-lee-uhns] / ˈsʌp li əns /

noun

1. appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication.

   He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.

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Etymology

Origin of suppliance¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; supply ¹ + -ance

Origin of suppliance²

First recorded in 1605–15; suppli(ant) + -ance

Example Sentences

Blest is that hour when breeze of poesy From far the ancient fragrance wafts to me; This time thrice blest, because it came unsought, "Sweet suppliance," and dear, because unbought.

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You could see mighty outlines, singly and in groups, of gods and beasts and men, in combat, in suppliance, in death and burial.

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The voice of jubilee That gladdened all the air, Fell sudden to a quavering key Of suppliance and prayer.

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He got as far as a line which read: "When Greece her knees in suppliance bent," when he stuck there.

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They would rise from their suppliance only long enough to glance at the face of the picture, then fall again and renew their paroxysms of ungainly prayer.

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