SUPPLIANT

suppliant. (fr) suppliant, humbly intreating

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suppliant. Suppliant, a. entreating, beseeching, begging

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Sup″pli‐ant (?), a. [[F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]] 1. 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden. 2. 2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. Milton. Syn. — Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. — Sup″pli‐ant‐ly, adv. — Sup″pli‐ant‐ness, n.