supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
supplicated
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past participleof supplicate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof supplicate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
supplicateverb (used without object)to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
Example Sentences
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A lama supplicated the heavenly waters by burning incense before an altar for three days.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
When Time, the avenger, hurled her from her despotic throne, she supplicated, because she could not command, and moderated her pretensions, because she dare not assert them.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
How have I supplicated all the saints in heaven to preserve you, to watch over you!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
She knelt, and supplicated for forgiveness, seeming to commune with his spirit on the spot where his poor frail body reposed in its narrow bed.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
