Definition of SUPPLICATE

supplicate

Meanings

Verb

  • ask humbly (for something)
    • "He supplicated the King for clemency"
  • make a humble, earnest petition
    • "supplicate for permission"
  • ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
    • "supplicate God's blessing"
  • To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  • 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.
  • To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  • To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
  • To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  • To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
  • To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  • To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
  • 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.

Origin / 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”)).

Scrabble Score: 16

supplicate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
supplicate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
supplicate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

supplicate is a valid Words With Friends word