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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.

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