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supplicate

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sup.pli.cate \'s*p-l*-.ka-t\ \.s*p-l*-'ka--sh*n\ vb [ME supplicaten, fr. L 
   supplicatus, pp. of supplicare, fr. Xsupplic-, supplex suppliant - more at 
   SUPPLE : to make a humble entreaty; esp : to pray to God  1: to ask humbly 
   and earnestly of  2: to ask for earnestly and humbly  - sup.pli.ca.tion n