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