| suppliant | (adj) humbly entreating, Syn. supplicatory, supplicant, Example: a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness |
| supplicate | (v) ask humbly (for something), Example: He supplicated the King for clemency |
| supplicate | (v) make a humble, earnest petition, Example: supplicate for permission |
| supplicate | (v) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer, Example: supplicate God's blessing |
| supplication | (n) a humble request for help from someone in authority, Syn. plea |
| supplier | (n) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity, Syn. provider |
| Supplial | n. The act of supplying; a supply. “The supplial of a preposition.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Suppliance | n. [ From Supply. ] That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Suppliance | n. [ See Suppliant. ] Supplication; entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ] When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Suppliant | a. [ F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant. ] The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] To bow and sue for grace -- |
| Suppliant | n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. [ 1913 Webster ] Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Supplicancy | n. Supplication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Supplicant | a. [ L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant. ] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- |
| Supplicant | n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. [ 1913 Webster ] The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Supplicat | ‖n. [ L., he supplicates. ] (Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Supplicate | v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. [ 1913 Webster ] A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |