SUP'PLIANT, adjective [Latin supplico, to supplicate; sub and plico, to fold. See Comply and Apply.] 1. Entreating; beseeching; supplicating; asking earnestly and submissively. The rich grow suppliant and the poor grow proud. 2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of humble supplication. To bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee. SUP'PLIANT, noun A humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. Spare this life, and hear thy suppliant's pray'r.
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