supplicate
verb
intransitive verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- appeal (to)
- beg
- beseech
- besiege
- conjure
- entreat
- impetrate
- implore
- importune
- petition
- plead (to)
- pray
- solicit
Example Sentences
Dale Buss, Forbes, 1 June 2021 Committees should draw power from their accomplishments, not based on which industries need to supplicate before the gavel. Ben Sasse, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020 Two rows of little red devils bow at the magician’s feet, as though supplicating a supreme figure of dark and mysterious powers. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2020 But while its competitors were giving grandiose speeches and supplicating at the White House, the company’s content-moderation choices stood out as an example of a social network with a moral compass. Kevin Roose, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2019 To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state. Isaac Stone Fish, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2019 Women run many Sufi shrines across Tunisia, prepare and serve food for worshipers and the needy, while women are allowed to pray and supplicate at shrines alongside men – a rarity at Islamic sites. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
Middle English supplicaten "to make a request," borrowed from Latin supplicātus, past participle of supplicāre "to seek the goodwill (of a person wronged) with peace offerings, sue for forgiveness, beg humbly," derivative of supplic-, supplex "making humble entreaty, suppliant" — more at supple entry 1
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Kids Definition
supplicate
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supplicate
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- beg
- petition
- entreat
- beseech
- pray
- implore
- importune
- ask
- conjure
- solicit
- besiege
- require
- call on
- invoke
- request
- call upon
- impetrate
- appeal (to)
- desire
- compel
- plead (to)
- cadge
- sue
- insist
- coerce
- force
- demand
- sponge
- bludge
- mooch
- claim
- command
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- imply
- suggest
- please
- appease
- gratify
- placate
- satisfy
- oblige
- hint
- conciliate
- intimate
- pacify
- comfort
- mollify
- content
- console
- quiet
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of supplicate are adjure, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, and importune. While all these words mean "to ask urgently," supplicate suggests a posture of humility.
While the synonyms adjure and supplicate are close in meaning, adjure implies advising as well as pleading.
Although the words beg and supplicate have much in common, beg suggests earnestness or insistence in the asking.
Both beseech and implore imply a deeply felt anxiety.
The synonyms entreat and supplicate are sometimes interchangeable, but entreat implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance.
While in some cases nearly identical to supplicate, importune suggests an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request.