supplicate

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English supplicaten (“to request (that someone do something)”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin supplicātus (“prayed”) + Middle English -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Supplicātus is the perfect passive participle of supplicō (“to pray, supplicate; to beg, humbly beseech”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from sup- (variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’)) + plicō (“to bend, flex; to fold; to roll up”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsəpləˌkeɪt/, /ˈsʌpləˌkeɪt/ Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cate === Verb === supplicate (third-person singular simple present supplicates, present participle supplicating, simple past and past participle supplicated) (transitive) To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat. Synonyms: implore, obsecrate, petition, plead, (obsolete) pray, sifflicate, (obsolete) thig (specifically, Oxford University, archaic) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself. (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant. To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for. Synonym: solicit (intransitive) To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat. Synonyms: sifflicate, (obsolete) thig (specifically, Oxford University) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === supplication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== supplicate inflection of supplicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== supplicate f pl feminine plural of supplicato == Latin == === Verb === supplicāte second-person plural present active imperative of supplicō