Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUP'PLI-CATE
SUP'PLI-CATE, v.t. [L. supplico; sub and plico. See Suppliant.]
- To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the Gospel.
- To address in prayer; as, to supplicate the throne of grace.
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