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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, verb (used without an object) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Supplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supplicating}.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. {Placable}), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. {Ply}, verb (used with an object)). Cf. {Supple}.]
1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
Syn: To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See {Beseech}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
supplicate
verb
1: ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"
2: make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission"
3: ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplicate": adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, beseech, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to, make supplication, obtest, offer a prayer, petition, plead, plead for, pray, pray over, recite the rosary, return thanks, run to, say grace
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