suppliant

sup·pli·ant (s

nt)

adj.

Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.

A supplicant.

[From Middle English, one who supplicates, from Old French, present participle of supplier, to entreat, from Latin supplicre; see supplicate.]

suppli·ance n.

suppli·ant·ly adv.

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

Noun	1.	suppliant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" petitioner, requester, supplicant applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission besieger - an energetic petitioner postulant - one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order canvasser, solicitor - a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
Adj.	1.	suppliant - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" supplicant, supplicatory beseeching, imploring, pleading - begging

Translations

suppliant [ˈsʌplɪənt] (frm)

A. ADJ → suplicante

B. N → suplicante mf

suppliant, supplicant

adj → flehend attr

n → Flehende(r) mf, → Bittsteller(in) m(f)

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appeal applicant Applier beseeching beseechingly besieger canvasser claimant dictatorial implore petitioner postulant Requester solicitor Sue supple Supplely suppleness supplicant	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. Fables by Aesop View in context 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. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context 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. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context	supplanting supple Supple-chapped Supple-jack supplejack Supplely supplement supplemental Supplemental air Supplemental bill supplemental programmed interpretation report supplementary supplementary angle supplementary angles supplementary benefit Supplementary chords supplementary facilities Supplementation suppleness suppletion Suppletive suppletory Supplex Supplial Suppliance suppliant Supplicancy supplicant Supplicat supplicate Supplicatingly supplication Supplicator Supplicatory supplier supplies supply Supply and demand supply by air supply chain supply chain management supply chamber supply closet supply control supply line supply management supply officer supply point supply route supply ship supply support activity	supplements supplementum suppleness suppleness suppleness suppler suppler suppler supplere supples supples supples supplest supplest supplest suppletion suppletion suppletion Suppletive Suppletive Suppletive Suppletivism Suppletivism Suppletory Suppletory supplex supplex Supplial suppliance suppliance suppliant suppliantly suppliantly Suppliants Suppliants Suppliants Suppliants Supplicancy supplicant supplicant supplicant Supplicants Supplicants Supplicants Supplicat supplicate supplicate supplicate supplicated supplicated supplicates supplicates supplicating supplicating Supplicatingly supplication supplication Supplication of Daniel the Exile supplications supplications Supplicator

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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.

Fables by Aesop View in context

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.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

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.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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