supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
supplicates
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present tense formof supplicate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The fore part of Veneration gives respect for our fellow-men, while the back part supplicates and depends upon a Deity.
From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by L. N. Fowler
The soul is grieved, and supplicates the Supreme Being to spare it that painful trial, in which it only sees sorrow and affliction.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
Continually this wanderer supplicates and entreats at the threshold of His Holiness the One and begs assistance, bounty and heavenly confirmations in behalf of the believers.
From Tablets of the Divine Plan by `Abdu'l-Bahá
He was then the son who despairingly lies at the feet of his father, or the faithful servant who supplicates his prince.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
