Supplicate

v. t.	1.	To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. [imp. & p. p. Supplicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplicating.]
	2.	To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
v. i.	1.	To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. - Bacon.

Verb	1.	supplicate - ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"
	2.	supplicate - make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission"
	3.	supplicate - ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"

appeal, appeal to, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to, entreat, give thanks, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, invoke, kneel to, make supplication, obtest, offer a prayer, plead, plead for, pray, pray over, recite the rosary, return thanks, run to, say grace

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