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supplicate

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To ask or plead humbly and earnestly.

The villagers supplicate the council for permission to keep their meeting hall.

Dictionary practice example.

The intruder returns to supplicate the tenant for a chance to attend the next rehearsal, pleading humbly and earnestly instead of asserting a right to enter.

From A Comedy About Overstepping Boundaries.

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