supplicates
- present tense form of supplicate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Ben Azai says, “four, two at his entrance, and two at his departure; he returns thanks for the past, and supplicates for the future.”
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
A Trojan prince, seized by Achilles in the battle, falls at his feet, and in moving terms supplicates for life.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Johnson, Samuel
A letter addressed to Mazarin, and signed by four of these, Fabert at the head, supplicates him to arrest the ravages of a foreigner in the services of France, M. de Rosen.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
You only want an attendant till you reach your family, and she merely desires and supplicates to travel free.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
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 Freytag, Gustav
