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Webster 1913 Edition
Suppliant
Sup′pli-ant
,Adj.
1.
Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
The rich grow
suppliant
, and the poor grow proud. Dryden.
2.
Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
To bow and sue for grace
With
With
suppliant
knee. Milton.
Syn. – Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring.
– Sup′pli-ant-ly
, adv.
Sup′pli-ant-ness
, Noun.
Sup′pli-ant
,Noun.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Hear thy
suppliant’s
prayer. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suppliant
SUP'PLIANT
,Adj.
1.
Entreating; beseeching; supplicating; asking earnestly and submissively. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
2.
Manifesting entreaty; expressive of humble supplication. To bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee.
SUP'PLIANT
,Noun.
Spare this life, and hear thy suppliant's pray'r.
Definition 2024
suppliant
suppliant
English
Adjective
suppliant (comparative more suppliant, superlative most suppliant)
- Entreating with humility.
- Milton
- to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee
- Milton
Translations
Translations
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Noun
suppliant (plural suppliants)
- One who pleads or requests earnestly.
- 1963: I touch your beard as a suppliant, embrace your knees, imploring you to have pity on my wretchedness. — Euripides, Medea, trans. Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, p. 39)
Synonyms
Translations
one who pleads or requests earnestly
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Related terms
French
Verb
suppliant
- present participle of supplier
Adjective
suppliant m (feminine singular suppliante, masculine plural suppliants, feminine plural suppliantes)
Noun
suppliant m (plural suppliants, feminine suppliante)