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
Verb
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Guerrero kept waving, begging for a challenge to erase the mistake.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a throwback to the warts-and-all silliness of the family’s legendary MTV reality show, The Osbournes, Coming Home appears to lean into the domestic comedy of the Osbourne clan, opening with a jittery Ozzy begging Sharon to stop driving in a herky-jerky manner.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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Shelton Vineyards is one of the oldest wineries in North Carolina and the original owners, a pair of brothers, are credited with petitioning the government for the Yadkin Valley to be formally recognized as an AVA.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Supplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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