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verb

supplicate

ask humbly (for something)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with supplicate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Envoys had to supplicate at the gate for three days before the emperor would consider hearing their case.

    History

  • The exiled prince must supplicate before a king who once served him, and that scene turns the whole play.

    Literature

  • In the fresco the kneeling donors supplicate with open palms while the saints above them look calmly elsewhere.

    Art

  • Mayors from the drought counties came to supplicate before the governor for emergency water rights that summer.

    Politics

  • In the film's key scene the fallen general must supplicate before the soldier he once dismissed from the ranks.

    Movies

  • In the aria the daughter must supplicate her father for forgiveness, and the melody sinks lower with every plea.

    Music

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