Supplicate vs Supplicative - What's the difference?
supplicate | supplicative |
To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.
To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
(Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.
Tending to supplicate
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As a verb supplicate
is to humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.As an adjective supplicative is
tending to supplicate.supplicate
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Verb
(en-verb)- to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
- to supplicate the Deity
supplicative
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Adjective
(en adjective)p432
- "Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness)."