supplicate

1. (transitive)To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

   make a humble, earnest petition

2. To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

   (specifically, transitive)To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.

   to supplicate the Deity

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3. (transitive)To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.

   to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel

   ask humbly (for something)

4. (intransitive)To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

5. To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

   (intransitive, specifically)Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.

6. To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

   (archaic, specifically, transitive)Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.

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