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Antonyms for supplicate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhp-li-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌp lɪˌkeɪt



Definition of supplicate

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin supplicatus, past participle of supplicare (see supplication). Related: Supplicated; supplicating.
  • verb ask for, pray for
Example sentences :
  • If she be not a mother, you will supplicate her to speak of her potential children.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Congress could only supplicate the States for money and borrow what it might on its expectations.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • "Your mercy; I supplicate it," she cried in an agonised voice.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • Speedily all pour glad libation on the board, and supplicate the gods.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • Andrea might writhe and supplicate and despair as he would—in vain.
  • Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • But not from Danish nor from Swedish kings will I supplicate that which is mine by right.
  • Extract from : « Historic Boys » by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
  • And thus did Aristobulus, and the rest with him, supplicate Petronius.
  • Extract from : « The Antiquities of the Jews » by Flavius Josephus
  • He would have no resource but to supplicate for mercy like a detected malefactor.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job » by Robert Watson
  • Would you like me to supplicate you not to fight for that creature?
  • Extract from : « Cosmopolis, Complete » by Paul Bourget
  • And he strove to bend his head on my hand, as though to supplicate my assistance for them.
  • Extract from : « Confessions of a Thug » by Philip Meadows Taylor

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