as in begs
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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Verb
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Carrie begs Lo to drop it before things get worse.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Stripped to her underwear and tied to a chair, Evelyn begs for her life as Gein wheels out a corpse, wraps its long-dead fingers around the handle of a hammer, and brings both inanimate objects down on Evelyn’s head.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Oct. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64% last week.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel prays every night to garner a fraction of that support to keep his show on air after ratings dropped 64 percent last week.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Supplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicates. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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