supplicatory
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Supplicatory — Sup pli*ca*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. supplicatoire.] Containing supplication; humble; earnest. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
supplicatory — index solicitous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
supplicatory — adjective Date: 15th century expressing supplication ; suppliant < a supplicatory prayer > … New Collegiate Dictionary
supplicatory — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore … English terms dictionary
supplicatory — adjective begging, humbly beseeching, imploring … Wiktionary
supplicatory — Synonyms and related words: adorant, adoring, begging, cadging, devotional, devout, imploring, in the dust, mendicant, mooching, on bended knee, petitionary, prayerful, precative, precatory, prostrate before, reverent, reverential, scrounging,… … Moby Thesaurus
supplicatory — sup·pli·ca·to·ry || sÊŒplɪkÉ™tÉ”rɪ / kÉ™trɪ adj. expressing a request; consisting of a request … English contemporary dictionary
supplicatory — a. Petitionary, humble, submissive … New dictionary of synonyms
supplicatory — adj suppliant, petitionary, precatory, obtestative, importunate. See suppliant(def. 1) … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
supplicatory — sup·pli·ca·to·ry … English syllables
