Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

supplicant

 

someone who asks or prays for something humbly and earnestly

 

Despite their prayers for rain, the supplicants were criticized by the pastor because no one had brought along an umbrella.

 

Related English words: suppliant (supplicant), supplicate, supplication

 

Latin root words: supplico, sipplicare, supplicavi, supplicatus - to implore, beseech; supplicatio, supplicationis, f. - solemn entreaty or thanksgiving; plico, plicare, plicavi, plicatus - to fold 

 

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