supplicate
/SUP-lih-kayt/verbto ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly
“Petitioners supplicated the court for one more stay.”
- Synonyms
- beseech, entreat, implore
- Antonyms
- demand
- Memory hook
- supplicare: kneeling request.
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