supplicate

Namo Buddha, I supplicate the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions to bestow Their blessings upon Your Majesties.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023

“All the statements from Kirill are constantly, ‘Let’s do things peacefully, lets pray and supplicate.’

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

And if it would help to fall at her feet and supplicate myself, I would.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019

So dire was Britain's economic predicament that it had been humiliatingly obliged to supplicate for a loan from the International Monetary Fund.

From US News ● Jul. 14, 2016

I mean truly to write her straight and supplicate her for a letter....

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry

He supplicates not for his house and his family, not for Zion dismantled, not for the restoration of the Temple, not for the advent of the Messiah, not for respite from suffering.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

Sir, a wretch who has lost everything dear, supplicates your compassion.

From The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

The fore part of Veneration gives respect for our fellow-men, while the back part supplicates and depends upon a Deity.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

A letter addressed to Mazarin, and signed by four of these, Fabert at the head, supplicates him to arrest the ravages of a foreigner in the services of France, M. de Rosen.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede

He remembers you and all the N.S.A. members in his prayers most lovingly, and supplicates for your success and that strength may be given you to discharge your many important duties.

From Unfolding Destiny by Shoghi Effendi

A lama supplicated the heavenly waters by burning incense before an altar for three days.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Ellis, alarmed at what might be the result, would again have supplicated to be excused; but Elinor, proudly saying, 'Fear no consequences for me!

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Still, however, Harriet Martineau supplicated for spiritual benefits, as we have seen in the little volume of Devotional Exercises.

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

From noon to midnight, it is alive with the buzz of crowded restaurants, supplicating panhandlers, weaving motorcycles, and pushy vendors.

From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022

I abandoned my front-row seat and sank to my knees, supplicating myself before the cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom’s gorgeous, otherworldly images.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2021

As I do them, moving my legs one way, my arms the other, bending and supplicating my spine, I can hear my sacral joints clicking, realigning, settling themselves, speaking to me.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018

Delicacy and sweetness are supplicating, but true fury is profound.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2018

When the children had faded silently out of the kitchen, Lillian spoke to her husband in a mollifying, supplicating tone.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy