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

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Example Sentences

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suppliance

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

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

The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.

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

"It will make in all three thousand francs," said the old man, smiling agreeably, but folding his hands in instinctive suppliance.

From The American by Henry James

And when by harrowing pang thine heart is wrung, Is't for self-aid thy wandering eyes inquire, Heavenward, at length, in fervid suppliance flung?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton

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

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

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