to supplicate

Examples

• All

• As he knelt in prayer, he supplicated for peace in the world.

• I supplicate myself before you.

  Tamara (2005)

• Praying to you daily, supplicating you for my needs.

• In the old country we were taught as very young children that there's no shame in supplicating yourself when you respect someone.

  Barton Fink (1991)

• Finn stretched forth his hands as if supplicating and let them drop.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Anthropologists used to say that magicians manipulate the supernatural while religious specialists, such as monks and priests, supplicate.

  Academic text (1991)

• Humbly, I supplicate my king for mercy and guidance.

• Every day, I supplicate to God for strength in my struggles.

Synonyms

A

to ask

vsto supplicate

∞ 1.0

To request that someone do something or meet a requirement

adds a humble, earnest attitude and often a religious or formal tone

R

to request

vsto supplicate

808 1.0

To ask for something politely or formally

is more humble and earnest, often invoking reverence or pleading

A

to ask for help

vsto supplicate

250 1.0

To tell someone you need support with a task or problem

is more about humble, earnest supplication often toward authority or in prayer

P

to pray

vsto supplicate

• Archaic

167 1.6

To beg someone urgently and humbly for something

is more often used toward people in authority rather than only religious asking

P

to plead

vsto supplicate

143 3.9

Ask someone urgently and emotionally for something

leans more toward humble submission, especially in formal or religious contexts

S

to solicit

vsto supplicate

• Formal

72 6.8

To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way

is more submissive and often implies humble entreaty rather than plain formality

I

to implore

vsto supplicate

• Formal

46 5.3

To ask someone very seriously to do or not do something

keeps a humbler, more reverent tone instead of desperate urgency

B

to beseech

vsto supplicate

• Formal

39 8.2

To ask someone earnestly for something

is similar but stresses humble posture or formal submission rather than fervent intensity

B

to beg

vsto supplicate

36 1.0

Ask someone humbly for money or food, often in public

is broader and often used in formal or prayerful addressing of authorities

E

to entreat

vsto supplicate

• Formal

12 8.1

Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something

is humbler and often framed as a formal or submissive request

Antonyms

D

to demand

923 2.7

To ask for something in a strong, urgent way

C

to command

312 2.7

To give orders and control people or things

How Humble

to supplicate

• Formal

2 9.6

to implore

• Formal

46 5.3

to beg

∞ 1.0

to petition

• Formal

66 3.5

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology