English-Thai Dictionary

supplicate

VI เรียกร้อง  อ้อนวอน  petition beseech riak-rong

 

supplicate

VT เรียกร้อง  อ้อนวอน  riak-rong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPLICATE

v.t.[L. supplico; sub and plico. See Suppliant. ] 1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; as, to supplicate blessings on christian efforts to spread the gospel.
2. To address in prayer; as, to supplicate the throne of grace.

 

SUPPLICATE

v.i.To entreat; to beseech; to implore; to petition with earnestness and submission. A man cannot brook to supplicate or beg.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPPLICATE

Sup "pli *cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplicated; p. pr. & vb. n.Supplicating.] Etym: [L. supplicatus, p.p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. Placable ), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. Ply, v. t.). Cf. Supple. ]

 

1. 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.

 

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

 

Syn. -- To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See Beseech.

 

SUPPLICATE

SUPPLICATE Sup "pli *cate, v. i.

 

Defn: To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

supplicate

sup pli cate |ˈsəpliˌkāt ˈsəpləkeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly: [ with infinitive ] : the plutocracy supplicated to be made peers. DERIVATIVES sup pli cant |-kənt |adjective & noun, sup pli ca to ry |-kəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin supplicat- ‘implored, ’ from the verb supplicare, from sub- ‘from below ’ + placere ‘propitiate. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

supplicate

supplicate |ˈsʌplɪkeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly: [ with infinitive ] : the plutocracy supplicated to be made peers. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun, supplicatory |-kət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin supplicat- ‘implored ’, from the verb supplicare, from sub- ‘from below ’ + placere ‘propitiate ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

supplicate

supplicate verb he supplicated the governor for leniency: entreat, beg, plead with, implore, petition, appeal to, call on, urge, enjoin, importune, sue, ask, request; literary beseech.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

supplicate

supplicate verb he supplicated the emperor for the pardon of those who had supported the uprising: entreat, beseech, beg, plead with, implore, petition, appeal to, solicit, call on, urge, enjoin, importune, pray, invoke, sue, ask, request.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

supplicate

sup pli cate /sʌ́plɪkèɪt /動詞 ｟文 ｠他動詞 自動詞 (…に ) «…を » 嘆願 [懇願 ]する «for » .