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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

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

Still, however, Harriet Martineau supplicated for spiritual benefits, as we have seen in the little volume of Devotional Exercises.

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

On April 21, I supplicated the King’s Majesty in the following manner.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina