supplicare

  • 121supplicant — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …

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  • 122supplicate — ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …

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  • 123supplication — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …

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  • 124supplicatory — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …

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  • 125supplicate — [15] Someone who supplicates is etymologically ‘bending or folding up underneath’ – hence ‘kneeling down to pray’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin supplicāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘down, underneath’ and… …

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  • 126suplicar — (l. supplicare) 1) tr. Rogar o pedir (una cosa) con humildad suplicar una cosa por alguno. 2) DER. Recurrir contra el auto del tribunal superior (ante el mismo) suplicar al tribunal de la sentencia; suplicar en revista; suplicar para ante el… …

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  • 127suplicar — (l. supplicare) 1) tr. Rogar o pedir (una cosa) con humildad suplicar una cosa por alguno. 2) DER. Recurrir contra el auto del tribunal superior (ante el mismo) suplicar al tribunal de la sentencia; suplicar en revista; suplicar para ante el… …

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  • 128supple — [sup′əl] adj. suppler, supplest [ME souple < OFr < L supplex, humble, submissive, akin to supplicare: see SUPPLICATE] 1. easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant 2. able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber [a supple body] 3.… …

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