suppliance

¹ American  

[suh-plahy-uhns] / səˈplaɪ əns /

noun

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

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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

The beggar made his plea and, with a dirty palm outstretched, waited in patient suppliance.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

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

From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by Riley, James Whitcomb

The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Peace! shriek not to the bright prophetic god, Who will not brook the suppliance of woe.

From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)

A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not ——, sweet, not ——, The perfume and suppliance of a minute.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin