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supplicate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsʌpləˌkeɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsəpləˌkeɪt/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

PIE word *upó From Late Middle English supplicaten (“to request (that someone do something)”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin supplicātus (“prayed”) + Middle English -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Supplicātus is the perfect passive participle of supplicō (“to pray, supplicate; to beg, humbly beseech”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from sup- (variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’)) + plicō (“to bend, flex; to fold; to roll up”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”)).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
    • [H]e had been conjoined with Petrarch to supplicate Clement VI. to remove the Holy See from Avignon to Rome. 1835, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “An Adventure”, in Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes. […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I (The Time, the Place, and the Men), page 57:
    • Peter nobly acknowledgeth error, ſuſpecteth an interfering Devil, and ſupplicateth his Reader— […] 1788, Peter Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot], “The Argument”, in An Apologetic Postscript to Ode upon Ode. […], new edition, London: […] G. Kearsley, […], →OCLC, page 6:
    • Yea for health he calleth upon that which is weak, / And for life he beseecheth that which is dead, / And for aid he supplicateth that which hath least experience, […] 1909, J[ohn] A[llen] F[itzgerald] Gregg, edited by A[lexander] F[rancis] Kirkpatrick, The Wisdom of Solomon: In the Revised Version […] (The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, →OCLC, Wisdom of Solomon XIII:18, page 131:
    • Did they hear me, would they listen, did they pity me supplicating? / Shall I heed them in their anguish? shall I brook to be supplicated? 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “[Experiments.] Boädicea”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 169:
    • "Your Petitioner, in all Submiſſiveneſs, moſt humbly ſupplicateth your Honourable Lordſhips, to be pleaſed to diſpenſe vvith your Petitioner's Attendance, until God ſhall better enable him." Ordered, That this Houſe doth diſpenſe vvith Mr. Baron [Edward] Henden’s Abſence,^([sic – meaning presence]) until his Health vvill permit him to come hither vvith Safety. 1642 October 29 (Gregorian calendar), “Baron Henden’s Petition for Leave of Absence”, in Journals of the House of Lords, Beginning Anno Decimo Octavo Caroli Regis, 1642 (House of Lords), volume V, [London]: [House of Lords of the United Kingdom], →OCLC, page 408, column 2:
  2. (archaic, qualifier:Oxford University, specifically, transitive) To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat. ▸ Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
    • In Nov. 1561 he [William Alley] ſupplicated the venerable congregation of Regents of the Univerſity that the Degree of Bach[elor] of Divinity might be conferr'd on him: vvhich being granted, he ſupplicated for that of Doctor; and that being granted alſo, he vvas admitted to them both ſucceſſively, vvithout any mention at all of Incorporation. 1691, [Anthony Wood], “WILLIAM ALLEY”, in Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volume I (Extending to the 16th Year of King Charles I. Dom. 1640), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […], →OCLC, column 127:
  3. (specifically, transitive) To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat. ▸ To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
    • [T]hou maiſt freely lay open thy mind to him [Jesus] in prayer, vvhat ever diſtreſs or vvant thou art in come to him in prayer and thou needſt not fear he vvill vvell knovv vvhat it is thou ſupplicateſt him about; […] 1664, Tho[mas] Worden, “I Come Now to Speak of the High Priest under the Law, which was a Type of Jesus Christ also”, in The Types Unvailed, or, The Gospel Pick’t Out of the Legal Ceremonies, whereby We may Compare the Substance with the Shadow. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 233:
    • to supplicate the Deity
    • [I]t is from him only [Jesus] that man hath illumination, which he surely will receive, if in true humiliation of heart he supplicateth Him in the love of truth, and for the sake of living according to what the Divine Truth teacheth; […] 1799 October, J. S., “The Dispositions which a Reader of the Holy Scriptures ought to Have, that He may Reap the Fruits of His Studies and Meditations”, in The Aurora; or, The Dawn of Genuine Truth: Being a Repository of Spiritual, Rational, and Useful Knowledge. […], volume I, number VII, London: […] Aurora Press, […], published November 1799, →OCLC, page 267:
  4. (transitive) To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
    • The blood of atonement thou never soughtest. The grace of God thou never supplicatedst—they were unnecessary and contemptuous to thee, and now thou must bear thy burden alone, […] 1847, “The Last Resurrection”, in A Voice in the Wilderness; or, The Broad and Narrow Way, Edinburgh: Myles Macphail; London: Charles Edmonds, →OCLC, page 150:
    • [A]nd vvhat art thou that ſupplicateſt my aſſiſtance? 1788 October, D. [pseudonym], “Letter from an English Gentleman in France to His Brother in England”, in The Lady’s Magazine; or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, London: […] G. G. J. and J. Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 523, column 1:
    • to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
  5. (intransitive) To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
    • [I]n the Church is the miraculous shrine of the Madona wᵗʰ Pope Paul III. brought barefooted to the place, supplicating for a victory over the Turks in 1464. 1645 March 4 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 23 February 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC, page 158:
    • Thus alſo the Church of Svveueland ſupplicateth to the Emperour of Germanie, if ſo bee that in time, vvee may not haue opportunitie for a generall Councell, yet at the lest your Maiestie may appoint a prouinciall aſſembly, &c. 1613, Andrew Willet, “The Third Generall Controversie, Concerning Councels”, in Synopsis Papismi, that is, A Generall View of Papistrie: […], 4th edition, London: […] Felix Kyngston, for Thomas Man, and are to be sold by Henry Fetherston, […], →OCLC, book I, page 122:
    • Upon this preſumption, he ſupplicates, vvith the utmoſt earneſtneſs, that I vvill not give vvay to the malice of his enemies. 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XVI. Miss Clarissa Harlowe, to Miss Howe.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 97:
    • A man cannot ſometimes brooke to Supplicate or Beg: […] But all theſe Things, are Gracefull in a Frends Mouth, vvhich are bluſhing in a Mans Ovvne. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Frendship. XXVII.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 163:
    • And vvhat favour is it, vvhich thou thus ſupplicateſt to obtain of me? 1790, George Somers Clarke, Oedipus, King of Thebes, a Tragedy, from the Greek of Sophocles: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press; and sold by J. and J. Fletcher; and by Mess. Rivington, […]; and Mess. Payne, […], →OCLC, act V, scene iii, page 86:
    • Through no disturbance of my soul, / Or strong compunction in me wrought, / I supplicate for thy controul; […] 1807, William Wordsworth, “Ode to Duty”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, page 72:
  6. (intransitive, qualifier:Oxford University, specifically) To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat. ▸ Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
    • He [Robert Talbot] vvas educated […] in Logicals and Philoſophicals in New Coll[ege] of vvhich he became Fellovv (after he had ſerved tvvo Years of probation) an[no] 1523. and left it 5 Years after, being then only Bach[elor] of Arts, ſupplicated for the Degree of Maſter 1529, but not admitted, as I can find in the Regiſter of that time. 1691, [Anthony Wood], “ROBERT TALBOT”, in Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volume I (Extending to the 16th Year of King Charles I. Dom. 1640), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […], →OCLC, column 87:
    • Incorporations, Or ſuch vvho have taken a Degree in another Univerſity, and have been embodied or taken into the boſom of this of Oxon., and have enjoyed the ſame Liberties and Privileges, as if they had taken their Degree here. […] Rich[ard] Kirkby Maſt[er] of Arts of this Univ[ersity] and Bach[elor] of Divin[ity] of the Univ[ersity] of Paris, vvas incorporated Bach. of Div. of this Univerſity.—VVhich being done, he ſupplicated the ſame day to be admitted or licenſed to proceed in Divinity; but vvhether granted it appears not. 1691, [Anthony Wood], “Fasti Oxonienses”, in Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volume I (Extending to the 16th Year of King Charles I. Dom. 1640), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […], →OCLC, column 642:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
supplicating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
supplicates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
supplicated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
supplicated Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

demand · insist

Deriveds

supplicated · unsupplicated · supplicating · supplicatingly

Relateds

supplicantly · supplicat · supplicavit · supplicator · supplicative · supplicant · supplicatory · supplication · supplicancy

Synonyms

petition · obsecrate · plead · implore · obsecrate · plead · implore · thig · implore · pray · thig · sifflicate · thig · thig · pray · beseech · plead · petition · petition · implore · sifflicate · thig · pray · petition · sifflicate · sifflicate · entreat · obsecrate · plead · solicit · sifflicate

Translations (70)

fi anoa (of a member of the University of Oxford, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself) · cmn 懇求 /恳求 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi pyytää (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi anoa (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · as খাটা (to humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority) · tr yalvarmak (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi anoa (to ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority) · fi pyytää (to humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority) · hu könyörög (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · hy հայցել (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · cmn 哀告 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · tr yalvarmak (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · hy աղաչել (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · enm mensken (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · got 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · la supplicō (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · mn ᠭᠤᠶᠤᠬᠤ (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · cmn 祈求 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · cy erfyn (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · as খাট (to humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority) · ca suplicar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · mn гуйх (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · cmn 丐乞 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi anoa (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · de ersuchen (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · ja 哀願する (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · tr rica etmek (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi anoa (to make a formal request (to Oxford University) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself) · fi pyytää (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · oc sosplegar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · grc ἱκετεύω (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · la comprecor (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · el ικετεύω (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · ro suplica (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · it supplicare (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · la prehēnsō (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · lad arogar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fr supplier (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · oc suplicar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · la supplicō (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · as খটা (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · tr yakarmak (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · es suplicar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · de bitten (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · pt suplicar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · pt deprecar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · xcl հայցեմ (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · got 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · as খাটা (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · la precor (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · eo petegi (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi pyytää (to ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority) · as খটা (to humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority) · xcl աղերսեմ (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · cmn 求告 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · arc כפש (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · hy աղերսել (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · fi anoa (to humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority) · ang þingian (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · grc ἀντῐβολέω (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · es deprecar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · pt implorar (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · vo begön (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · xcl աղաչեմ (to make a humble request to (a deity or spiritual being) in a prayer) · enm axen (to ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority) · la obsecrō (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · hy աղաչել (to humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority) · cmn 蘄求 /蕲求 (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · hu kér (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority)) · de anflehen (to make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority))