1. characterized by humble and earnest pleading or begging

1. asking humbly and earnestly for something, especially as a favor or from a position of need
Usage: present participle of supplicate

Examples

• The refugees were supplicating the officials for safe passage.
• She knelt in a supplicating position before the altar.
• His supplicating tone made it clear he desperately needed help.
• The defendant was supplicating the judge for mercy.
• With supplicating hands raised, the crowd begged for food.
• The child’s supplicating eyes melted her mother’s heart.
• He spent hours supplicating for forgiveness.