suppli

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 ]

n. [ See Suppliant. ] Supplication; entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant. ] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Sup"pli*ant*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Supplication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant. ] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he supplicates. ] (Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. [ 1913 Webster ]