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

To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019

To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

He assures you all that, in his visits to the Holy Shrines, he remembers you lovingly in his prayers, and supplicates for your guidance and the advancement of your work....

From The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Shoghi Effendi

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 Gustav Karpeles

In Homer we see Priam kissing the hands and embracing the knees of Achilles, while he supplicates for the body of Hector.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli

Sorrow in any shape, should meet with pity; but when it supplicates in female form, we dry its tears, nor wait to ask what caus'd them!

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter

Restored to authority, this flag commands, not supplicates.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

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

A hooded monk from the cloisters of Affaf Woira stood before the throne with a peace-offering from those who supplicated pardon, and clemency was graciously extended.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris

But he drove on without replying; though, growing now alarmed, she called, supplicated, and menaced in turn.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

Thus we find Jeremiah supplicated Zedekiah for mercy, not to return to prison; and Paul appealed to Cæsar for justice.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

But this year, the vibe once again seems to have shifted—this time, away from supplicating the reelected president.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

He punched his hat back, concentrated, stiffened his hands, palms upward, in a supplicating gesture and began softly to chant Tantum ergo sacramentum, Veneremur cernui in as beautiful Latin as I have ever heard.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin