Sup"pli*cant (?), a. [L. supplicans, p.pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant.]
Entreating; asking submissively.
Shak. --
Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.
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Sup"pli*cant, n.
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
Rogers.
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