English Explanatory Dictionary

supplicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  2. 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. To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
  4. To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
  5. To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  6. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-supplicate.wav /ˈsəpləˌkeɪt/ /ˈsʌpləˌkeɪt/ En-us-supplicate.oga

Word forms

supplicate supplicates supplicating supplicated

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”)).

Synonyms

beseech entreat implore petition plead obsecrate pray sifflicate thig solicit

Antonyms

demand insist

Related words

supplicancy supplicant supplicantly supplicat supplication supplicative supplicator supplicatory supplicavit

Derived words

supplicated supplicating supplicatingly unsupplicated

Translations

Aramaic: כפש Armenian: աղաչել Armenian: աղերսել Armenian: հայցել Old Armenian: աղերսեմ Old Armenian: հայցեմ Assamese: খাটা Assamese: খটা Assamese: খাট Catalan: suplicar Chinese Mandarin: 哀告 Chinese Mandarin: 丐乞 Chinese Mandarin: 懇求 /恳求 Chinese Mandarin: 蘄求 /蕲求 Chinese Mandarin: 祈求 Chinese Mandarin: 求告 Esperanto: petegi Finnish: anoa Finnish: pyytää French: supplier German: anflehen German: ersuchen Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 Greek: ικετεύω Ancient Greek: ἀντῐβολέω Ancient Greek: ἱκετεύω Hungarian: kér Hungarian: könyörög Italian: supplicare Japanese: 哀願する Ladino: arogar Latin: supplicō Latin: obsecrō Latin: precor Latin: prehēnsō Mongolian: гуйх Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠶᠤᠬᠤ Occitan: suplicar Occitan: sosplegar Portuguese: suplicar Portuguese: deprecar Portuguese: implorar Romanian: suplica Spanish: suplicar Spanish: deprecar Turkish: rica etmek Turkish: yalvarmak Volapük: begön Welsh: erfyn
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