单词 | supplicative |
释义 | supplicativeadj. = supplicatory adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning askingOE petitor1453 supplicatoryc1475 suppliant1550 entreating1566 placitatory1569 petitory1576 supplicant1577 suing1581 pleading1594 entreatful1596 conjuring1597 entreative1598 supplicative1601 petitionary1604 precatory1610 supplicating1612 petitioning1615 postulatorya1631 eucticala1638 obsecratory1645 placitory1651 imploring1655 precative1662 beseeching1704 obsecrationary1829 imploratory1832 suppliant-like1837 solicitive1865 solicitant1886 1601 C. Bagshaw Sparing Discov. Eng. Iesuits 61 The two practising Prelates also of the Low countryes, Fa. Holt, and Doctor Worthington, drew a formall letter supplicatiue. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 120 A very formall letter, petitionall or supplicatiue. 1691 P. King Enq. Constit. Primitive Church 102 None in those days were hastily advanced to the higher Forms of Christianity, but..first instructed at home, then admitted to the Didactick part of the Publick, and then to the Supplicative part thereof. 1799 R. Caddick Hebrew made Easy lxviii. 134 The word..al, is generally used in the supplicative or admonitive form. 1808 J. B. Burges Exodiad II. vi. 301 With uplifted hands In supplicative attitude he stood, And breath'd the sorrows of his soul. 1873 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 728/1 His tones could be tender, pleading, and supplicative. 1909 M. V. O'Shea Social Devel. & Educ. ix. 214 Some children reveal, in a sort of bullying attitude, their wishes to those who can grant them, while others are supplicative. 2010 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 6 Mar. c6 One can do this in a kneeling position, in a supplicative stance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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