supplicate
🇬🇧 UK/'sʌplikeit/🇺🇸 US
GREB1
Definitions
v.
To make a humble and earnest request; to beg or beseech someone.
恳求,哀求,祈求
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.supplicate for mercy恳求宽恕
- 2.supplicate on one's knees跪地哀求
- 3.[supplicate humbly]谦卑地祈求
- 4.supplicate for forgiveness祈求原谅
Example Sentences
- 1.
The prisoners supplicated the judge for leniency, citing their difficult circumstances.
- 2.
In times of drought, the villagers would supplicate the gods for rain.