[suh-plahy-uh
ns] 
| the act, method, or process of supplying. |
[suhp-lee-uhns] | appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance. |
| sup·pli·ant (sŭp'lē-ənt) adj. Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching. n. A supplicant. [From Middle English, one who supplicates, from Old French, present participle of supplier, to entreat, from Latin supplicāre; see supplicate.] sup'pli·ance n., sup'pli·ant·ly adv. |