Definition for SUP'PLI-CATE

SUP'PLI-CATE, v.t. [L. supplico; sub and plico. See Suppliant.]

  1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the Gospel.
  2. To address in prayer; as, to supplicate the throne of grace.

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