English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Supplicancy (n.)

Supplication.

Supplicant (a.)

Entreating; asking submissively.

Supplicant (n.)

One who supplicates; a suppliant.

Supplicat (n.)

A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.

Supplicate (v. t.)

To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.

Supplicate (v. t.)

To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.

Supplicate (v. i.)

To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.

Supplicated (imp. & p. p.)

of Supplicate

Supplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Supplicate

Supplicatingly (adv.)

In a supplicating manner.

Supplication (n.)

The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

Supplication (n.)

A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

Supplication (n.)

A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.

Supplicator (n.)

One who supplicates; a supplicant.

Supplicatory (a.)

Containing supplication; humble; earnest.

Supplied (imp. & p. p.)

of Supply

Supplier (n.)

One who supplies.

Supplies (pl. )

of Supply

Suppling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Supple

Supply (v. t.)

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.