Definition

1. Verb:
   • To ask for something humbly or earnestly, especially in prayer or formal request.
   • To make a humble and earnest petition or entreaty to a person or a deity.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The villagers gathered to supplicate for rain during the drought.
  • She supplicated the judge for mercy on behalf of her client.
  • In many religions, followers supplicate to a higher power for guidance.

Advanced Usage

• "to supplicate for": To humbly request a specific thing.
  • The refugees supplicated for food and shelter.
• "to supplicate to [someone/something]": To direct a humble plea to a specific entity.
  • The poet supplicated to the muse for inspiration.

Variants and Related Words

• Supplication (n): A humble and earnest request or prayer.
  • His supplication was heard by the council.
• Supplicant (n): A person who makes a humble plea.
  • The supplicant knelt before the altar.

Synonyms

• Beseech: To ask urgently and fervently.
• Entreat: To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
• Implore: To beg someone desperately.

Phrasal Verbs

(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The core meaning is conveyed by the verb itself, often followed by "for" or "to".)

Related Idioms

• To go cap in hand: To humbly ask for something (similar in spirit to supplicate, though more informal).
  • He had to go cap in hand to his creditors for more time.

Verb

1. ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
   • supplicate God's blessing
2. make a humble, earnest petition
   • supplicate for permission
3. ask humbly (for something)
   • He supplicated the King for clemency