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supplicant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr See {Supplicate}, and cf {Suppliant}.] Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. -- {Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. --Rogers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: supplicant adj : humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" [syn: {suppliant}, {supplicatory}] n 1: someone who prays to God [syn: {prayer}] 2: one praying humbly for something: "a suppliant for her favors" [syn: {petitioner}, {suppliant}]
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