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sup⋅pli⋅cant

  [suhp-li-kuhnt]
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–adjective
1. supplicating.
–noun
2. a suppliant.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L supplicant- (s. of supplicāns), prp. of supplicāre to supplicate; see -ant; doublet of suppliant
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sup·pli·cant   (sŭp'lĭ-kənt)   
n.  One who supplicates; a suppliant.
adj.  Supplicating.

[From Latin supplicāns, supplicant-, present participle of supplicāre, to kneel down; see supplicate.]
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Word Origin & History

supplicant 
1597, from L. supplicantem (nom. supplicans), prp. of supplicare "plead humbly" (see supplication).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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