KJV Dictionary Definition: suppliant

suppliant

SUP'PLIANT, a. L. supplico, to supplicate; sub and plico, to fold. See Comply and Apply.

1. Entreating; beseeching; supplicating; asking earnestly and submissively.

The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.

2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of humble supplication.

To bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee.

SUP'PLIANT, n. A humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

Spare this life, and hear thy suppliant's pray'r.

suppliantly

SUP'PLIANTLY, adv. In a suppliant or submissive manner.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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