suppliant
11suppliant — ► NOUN ▪ a person who makes a humble or earnest request. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ making or expressing a humble or earnest request …
12SUPPLIANT — ANTE. adj. Qui supplie. Il était si fier autrefois, le voilà devenu bien suppliant. Je l ai vue suppliante et prosternée à vos pieds. Une posture suppliante. Un visage suppliant. Des discours suppliants. Des paroles suppliantes. Il est aussi… …
13suppliant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from present participle of supplier to supplicate, from Latin supplicare Date: 15th century supplicant II. adjective Etymology: Middle French, present participle Date: circa 1567 1. humbly… …
14suppliant — UK [ˈsʌplɪənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms suppliant : singular suppliant plural suppliants a supplicant …
15suppliant — sup|pli|ant [ˈsʌpliənt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: , present participle of supplier to supplicate , from Latin supplicare; SUPPLICANT] literary a supplicant >suppliant adj …
16suppliant — noun (C) literary a supplicant suppliant adjective …
17suppliant — 1. noun they were not mere suppliants Syn: petitioner, supplicant, pleader, beggar, applicant 2. adjective those around her were suppliant Syn: pleading, begging, imploring, entreating, supplicating; on bended knee …
18SUPPLIANT, ANTE — adj. Qui supplie. Il se jeta à ses pieds tout suppliant. Une posture suppliante. Il s’est adressé à moi en termes suppliants. Il s’emploie aussi comme nom. En posture de suppliant. Air, mine de suppliant. Une foule de suppliants …
19suppliant — suppliantly, adv. suppliantness, n. /sup lee euhnt/, n. 1. a person who supplicates; petitioner. adj. 2. supplicating. 3. expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc. [1400 50; late ME < MF, prp. of supplier < L supplicare to beseech,… …
20suppliant — 1. adjective /ˈsʌplɪənt/ Entreating with humility. 2. noun /ˈsʌplɪənt/ One who pleads or requests earnestly. Syn: beseecher, petitioner, supplicant See Also …
