supplicating 1 of 2

as in prayerful
asking humbly in a supplicating gesture, he got down on his knees and asked, "Will you marry me?"

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supplicating

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verb

present participle of supplicate

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Adjective
  • The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Korie told Fox News Digital the decision to return to television was prayerful and carefully considered.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • But quite incredibly, the third and final chance went begging as Ozer saved superbly.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • So local residents raised the funds instead, with the Prescott Kiwanis Club petitioning citizens to buy $1 shares of the hotel, ultimately raising a total of $150,000.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The investor reaction isn’t surprising given the constant thrum of anti-vaccine misinformation since the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as Kennedy’s own role through the Children’s Defense Fund back in May 2021 in petitioning the federal government to revoke authorization of COVID-19 vaccines.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Supplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicating. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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