Sup"pli*ant (?), a. [F., p.pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]
1.
Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
Dryden.
2.
Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee.
Milton.
Syn. -- Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring.
-- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.
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Sup"pli*ant, n.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Hear thy suppliant's prayer.
Dryden.
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