Vocabulary Word
Word: supplicate
Definition: petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
Definition: petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
Sentences Containing 'supplicate'
``For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity, of the honor of your noble name, I supplicate you, Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, to succor and release me.
She would invoke the past, recall old recollections; she would supplicate him by the remembrance of guilty, yet happy days.
They found themselves altogether unprepared to stop or resist the incursion of Hyder Ali; and in consequence of those disorders, the company is now (1784) in greater distress than ever; and, in order to prevent immediate bankruptcy, is once more reduced to supplicate the assistance of government.
More Vocab Words
::: inchoate - (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass::: gust - strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster
::: ordeal - severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction
::: satiate - satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated
::: loathe - detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
::: miserly - stingy; mean
::: nugatory - worthless; futile
::: coalesce - combine; fuse; N. coalescence
::: compound - combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex
::: stoop - bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
