supplicate

  • 31supplication — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …

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  • 32supplicatory — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …

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  • 33Beseech — Be*seech , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. [1913… …

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  • 34Beseeching — Beseech Be*seech , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore …

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  • 35Besought — Beseech Be*seech , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore …

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  • 36appeal — appealability, n. appealable, adj. appealer, n. /euh peel /, n. 1. an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea. 2. a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment …

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  • 37appeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. entreaty, plea, begging, petition; resort; attractiveness, attraction. See request, lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plea] Syn. request, plea, bid, claim, suit, submission, solicitation, petition,… …

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  • 38entreat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. request, beg, crave, pray, beseech, implore, supplicate, plead. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. beg, implore, supplicate, plead; see beg 1 . See Synonym Study at beg . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 39pray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. implore, ask, beg, request, solicit, petition, entreat; worship. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ask or beg] Syn. entreat, petition, plead; see appeal 1 , beg 1 . 2. [To call upon God] Syn. hold… …

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  • 40beg — beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask or request urgently. Beg suggests ear nestness or insistence especially in asking a favor {why, boy, before I left, you were constantly begging to see Town Meredith}… …

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