as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
the minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to be supplicated in times of trouble
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Recent Examples of supplicate
The windows do away with the plaintive or supplicating figures more common to Christian stained glass.
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Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Now, finally, Farley, as chief of Ford for barely half a year, has come to supplicate before the narrative.
—Dale Buss, Forbes, 1 June 2021
Committees should draw power from their accomplishments, not based on which industries need to supplicate before the gavel.
—Ben Sasse, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
Two rows of little red devils bow at the magician’s feet, as though supplicating a supreme figure of dark and mysterious powers.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2020
But while its competitors were giving grandiose speeches and supplicating at the White House, the company’s content-moderation choices stood out as an example of a social network with a moral compass.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2019
To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state.
—Isaac Stone Fish, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2019
Women run many Sufi shrines across Tunisia, prepare and serve food for worshipers and the needy, while women are allowed to pray and supplicate at shrines alongside men – a rarity at Islamic sites.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2018
In short, the PCBE happily rubber-stamped the backwards and anti-science decrees of Bush and Cheney in an effort to supplicate the deranged Christian base of the Republican party.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2011
Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Now, finally, Farley, as chief of Ford for barely half a year, has come to supplicate before the narrative.
—Dale Buss, Forbes, 1 June 2021
Committees should draw power from their accomplishments, not based on which industries need to supplicate before the gavel.
—Ben Sasse, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
Two rows of little red devils bow at the magician’s feet, as though supplicating a supreme figure of dark and mysterious powers.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2020
But while its competitors were giving grandiose speeches and supplicating at the White House, the company’s content-moderation choices stood out as an example of a social network with a moral compass.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2019
To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state.
—Isaac Stone Fish, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2019
Women run many Sufi shrines across Tunisia, prepare and serve food for worshipers and the needy, while women are allowed to pray and supplicate at shrines alongside men – a rarity at Islamic sites.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2018
In short, the PCBE happily rubber-stamped the backwards and anti-science decrees of Bush and Cheney in an effort to supplicate the deranged Christian base of the Republican party.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplicate
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In between bickering with Rodgers and pining for a young would-be protégé named Elizabeth, played by Margaret Qualley, Hart gossips to the bartender—Eddie, portrayed by Bobby Cannavale—and begs him for just one more pour.—
Kyle McGovern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Parents beg to have their kids placed in her class, and people are drawn to her magnetic personality.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of that vote, Marsh had petitioned the Executive Board to support his appeal to the ZBA.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Karen Scham — the resident who originally petitioned to remove the books — was also in attendance, urging Lewin-Lane’s dismissal.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Supplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicate. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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