Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]
1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
supplicating.
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The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
--Dryden.
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2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. --Milton.
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Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
imploring.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, n.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats
submissively.
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Hear thy suppliant's prayer. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suppliant
adj : humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
[syn: supplicant, supplicatory]
n : one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
favors" [syn: petitioner, supplicant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "suppliant":
adorant, adorer, adoring, applicant, asker, aspirant, beadsman,
beggar, begging, bidder, cadging, candidate, celebrant, chapelgoer,
churchgoer, claimant, communicant, congregation, daily communicant,
devotional, devout, evangelist, idolater, imploring, in the dust,
mendicant, mooching, on bended knee, petitionary, petitioner,
postulant, prayer, prayerful, precative, precatory,
prostrate before, reverent, reverential, revivalist, scrounging,
seeker, solemn, solicitant, solicitor, suitor, supplicant,
supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory, venerational, venerative,
venerator, votary, worshiper, worshipful, worshiping
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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