- (v.i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
- (v.t.) To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
- (v.t.) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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