supplicate, v.
(ˈsʌplɪkeɪt)
(Also 7 pa. pple. -ate.)
[f. L. supplicāt-, pa. ppl. stem of supplicāre, f. sup- = sub- 2 + plic-, root of plicāre to bend (cf. supplex, supplic- supple). Cf. supply v.2]
1. intr. To beg, pray, or entreat humbly; to present a humble petition. Const. to or unto a person (obs.), for a thing; also with dependent clause introduced by that, or inf.
| 1417 in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 55 Wee..have supplicated unto him..to attend heare. 1625 Bacon Ess., Friendship (Arb.) 181 A Man cannot sometimes brooke to Supplicate or Beg. 1625 Ussher Answ. Jesuit 457 Doe we supplicate vnto these, because by these we supplicate vnto God? 1652 Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 34 Giacomo Croato..was..assailed by an armed Bark of Pirates..and supplicate's that som order might bee taken therein. 1654 in Verney Mem. (1907) I. 556, I supplicate to non for there good word. a 1700 Evelyn Diary 23 Feb. 1645, Supplicating for a victory over the Turks. 1771 tr. Horstius' Parad. Soul App. 7 O holy Mary..supplicate for the devout Female Sex. 1791 Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ix, I supplicated to know what was designed me. 1805 Wordsw. Ode to Duty v, I supplicate for thy control. 1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconform. 44 He urged..that the rubric should not supplicate that the bread and wine might become the body and blood of Christ to the recipient. 1864 Tennyson En. Ard. 163 Annie..Besought him, supplicating, if he cared For her or his dear children, not to go. 1876 M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. II. 19, I have thought of you often..and have supplicated for you in my prayers. |
2. trans. To petition humbly. a. with the person addressed as obj.; also with compl. clause or inf.
| 1642 Decl. Lords & Comm. Gen. Assemb. Ch. Scot. 11 The Assembly has humbly supplicate the Kings Majesty. a 1696 in Aubrey Misc. 165 They have supplicated the Presbyterie, who judicially appointed publick Prayers to be made. 1835 Lytton Rienzi i. iv, To supplicate Clement VI to remove the Holy See from Avignon to Rome. 1864 Tennyson Boadicea 9 Shall I brook to be supplicated? |
b. with the thing sought as obj.
| 1660 R. Coke Power & Subj. 244 The Church..did supplicate protection from the temporall powers. 1779 Mirror No. 35 ¶3, The blessings which a fond father should supplicate from Heaven for his offspring. 1791 Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest vi, I supplicate of you a few moments' private discourse. 1838 J. Grant Sk. Lond. 242 Supplicating a crust of bread for her famishing children. 1854 M. Cummins Lamplighter xxiii, To supplicate Heaven's blessing upon them. |
3. spec. intr. In Oxford University, to present a formal petition for a degree or for incorporation. † Also trans., to present such a petition to (Congregation).
| 1691 Wood Ath. Oxon. I. Fasti 638 Thom. Beaumont..did supplicate to be licensed to proceed in Divinity. Ibid. 639 John Newland..supplicated for a Degree in Divinity. Ibid. 642 James Denton..sometimes Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridg, did..supplicate to be incorporated. Ibid. 643 Richard Ede,..Scholar in Musick, did supplicate the ven. Congregation to be admitted Bachelaur of that Faculty. Ibid. 644 Eight [men] supplicated to oppose. 1830 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 16 In the sole instance of supplicating for Graces..every Member of the House is invested.. with a suspending negative upon each Grace for three times. 1891 Ibid. 76 No Graduate in any Faculty can supplicate for incorporation without..having obtained express permission from the Hebdomadal Council. |
Hence ˈsupplicated ppl. a.
| 1861 Wardlaw Lect. Romans (1869) I. ii. 26 Under the supplicated guidance of the Holy Spirit. |