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supplicate

/ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/

/ˈsʌplɪˌkeɪt/

supplicateverb

supplicated

Past Simple

supplicated

Past Participle

supplicating

Gerund

/ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/

/ˈsʌplɪˌkeɪt/

Translations

supplierS’emploie pour une demande humble et pressante, y compris dans un contexte religieux.

The villagers would often supplicate the gods for rain during the dry season.

Les villageois suppliaient souvent les dieux d’envoyer la pluie pendant la saison sèche.

Additional translations

implorerPlus soutenu; insiste sur la demande pressante et respectueuse.

Definitions

To ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.

The villagers would often supplicate the gods for rain during the dry season.

To pray humbly to a deity or person; to make a humble and earnest petition.

The monks knelt to supplicate before the altar.

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