Sup″pli‐ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden.
2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. Milton.
Syn. — Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring.
— Sup″pli‐ant‐ly, adv. — Sup″pli‐ant‐ness, n.