supplicate
verb
[ ˈsʌplɪkeɪt ]
• ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.
• "the plutocracy supplicated to be made peers"
Similar:
entreat,
beseech,
beg,
plead with,
implore,
petition,
appeal to,
solicit,
call on,
urge,
enjoin,
importune,
pray,
invoke,
sue,
ask,
request,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin supplicat- ‘implored’, from the verb supplicare, from sub- ‘from below’ + placere ‘propitiate’.
