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suppliant [ˈsʌplɪənt] adj expressing entreaty or supplication n & adj
another word for supplicant [from French supplier to beseech, from Latin supplicāre to kneel in entreaty; see supple] suppliantly adv suppliance n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Soon afterward he came up to a Shepherd and fawned upon him, wagging his tail as if to say, "I am a suppliant, and seek your aid. As an example of motiveless degradation of character, we have Menelaus in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inappropriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the Iphigenia at Aulis,--for Iphigenia the suppliant in no way resembles her later self. I went to my room and reread Joseph Alexeevich's letters and recalled my conversations with him, and deduced from it all that I ought not to refuse a suppliant, and ought to reach a helping hand to everyone- especially to one so closely bound to me- and that I must bear my cross. |
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