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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-derived
supunder, below
+
plicfold, bend, involve
+
ateto make, having
=supplicate

Common 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.

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