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supplicare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beseech verb To beg someone urgently and earnestly for something.
  • supplicate verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

Senses

supplicare is used for these senses in English:

  • beseech To beg or request for (something).

supplicate — full definition

  1. verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  2. verb 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.
  3. verb To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
  4. verb To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.

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