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suppliant

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sup⋅pli⋅ant

  [suhp-lee-uhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who supplicates; petitioner.
–adjective
2. supplicating.
3. expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF, prp. of supplier < L supplicāre to beseech, supplicate. See -ant

Related forms:
sup⋅pli⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
sup⋅pli⋅ant⋅ness, noun
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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.
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Word Origin & History

suppliant 
1429, "humble petitioner," from M.Fr. suppliant, originally prp. of supplier "to plead humbly, entreat, beg, pray," from L. supplicare "beg, beseech" (see supplication).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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