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

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

She turned away, unable to withstand the suppliance of his eyes.

From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis

To enlist his offices in behalf of         their cherished dying leader, the oldest medicine-man, by virtue         of seniority, ordered a sacrifice to be made as an offering         of adoration and suppliance.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry

Time had already thinned our chain, Time would have dulled our sense of pain; By service long, and suppliance vile, We might have won our owner's smile.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

More maddening still, the man so slighting her, has been making boast of it, proclaiming her suppliance and shame, showing her photograph, exulting in the triumph obtained!

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne