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   Sup·pli·cate

   /ˈsəpləˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly: "the plutocracy supplicated to be made peers"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin supplicat- ‘implored’, from the verb supplicare, from sub- ‘from below’ + placere ‘propitiate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. supplicatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • S

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   • U

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   • P

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   • P

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   • A

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