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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Supplicate

· Sup·pli·cate · IPA /ˈsəpləˌkeɪt/
01 v. t. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the …
imp. & p. p. Supplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplicating
  1. 1.
    To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
  2. 2.
    To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
Syn. To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See Beseech.
02 v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
  1. 1.
    To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
    “A man can not brook to supplicate or beg.” — Bacon.