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

Can suppliance overbear      The ear of Vesta, turn'd away                From chant and prayer?

From The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace by John Conington

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.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

A gentle voice fell on mine ears— "Thou shalt not sob in suppliance hereafter; Take up thy prayers and wring them dry of tears, And lift them, white and pure with love and laughter!"

From Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley

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 James Champlin Fernald

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

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

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