Usually means: Humbly asking for help, favor.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word supplicating:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. supplicating: Merriam-Webster
  2. supplicating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. supplicating: Vocabulary.com
  4. supplicating: Wordnik
  5. supplicating: Wiktionary
  6. supplicating: Dictionary.com
  7. Supplicating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Supplicating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. supplicating: FreeDictionary.org
  10. supplicating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. supplicating: Legal dictionary

(Note: See supplicate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (supplicate)

verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
verb:  (specifically, Oxford University, archaic) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
verb:  (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
verb:  To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
verb:  (specifically, Oxford University) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
▸ Also see supplicate


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