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
- 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
Synonyms for supplicate
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