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Webster 1913 Edition


Suppliant

Sup′pli-ant

,
Adj.
[F., p. pr. of
supplier
to entreat, L.
supplicare
. See
Supplicate
, and cf.
Supplicant
.]
1.
Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
The rich grow
suppliant
, and the poor grow proud.
Dryden.
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
,
Noun.

Sup′pli-ant

,
Noun.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Hear thy
suppliant’s
prayer.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Suppliant

SUP'PLIANT

,
Adj.
[L. supplico, to supplicate; sub and plico, to fold. See Comply and Apply.]
1.
Entreating; beseeching; supplicating; asking earnestly and submissively.
The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
2.
Manifesting entreaty; expressive of humble supplication.
To bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee.

SUP'PLIANT

,
Noun.
A humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Spare this life, and hear thy suppliant's pray'r.

Definition 2024


suppliant

suppliant

English

Adjective

suppliant (comparative more suppliant, superlative most suppliant)

  1. Entreating with humility.
    • Milton
      to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee

Translations

Noun

suppliant (plural suppliants)

  1. One who pleads or requests earnestly.
    • 1963: I touch your beard as a suppliant, embrace your knees, imploring you to have pity on my wretchedness. — Euripides, Medea, trans. Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, p. 39)

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French

Verb

suppliant

  1. present participle of supplier

Adjective

suppliant m (feminine singular suppliante, masculine plural suppliants, feminine plural suppliantes)

  1. suppliant, begging, pleading, imploring

Noun

suppliant m (plural suppliants, feminine suppliante)

  1. supplicant