Associations to the word «Supplicate»

Wiktionary

SUPPLICATE, verb. (transitive) To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
SUPPLICATE, verb. (transitive) To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.
SUPPLICATE, verb. (transitive) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
SUPPLICATE, verb. (intransitive) (Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.

Dictionary definition

SUPPLICATE, verb. Ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency".
SUPPLICATE, verb. Make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission".
SUPPLICATE, verb. Ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats