Supplicating
[sʌplɪ,keɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplicate
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Examples
- I then put myself in the most supplicating posture, and spoke in the humblest accent, but received no answer. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- She stopped again, and gave him an earnest supplicating look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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