• vt. 懇求，哀求；懇請
• vi. 哀求；懇請；祈求

來自拉丁語 supplicare,乞求，乞討，來自 sub,向下，-plic,彎，轉，詞源同 complicate,triplicate. -ate,動詞后綴。

supplicate

supplicate: [15] Someone who supplicates is etymologically ‘bending or folding up underneath’ – hence ‘kneeling down to pray’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin supplicāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘down, underneath’ and plicāre ‘fold’ (a relative of English fold). Also formed from sub- and the base *plic- was Latin supplex ‘bending under’, hence ‘submissive’, from which English gets supple [13].
=> complicate, fold, ply, supple

supplicate (v.)

early 15c., "beg for, beseech," back-formation from supplication or else from Latin supplicatus, past participle of supplicare "plead humbly, beseech, kneel down." Related: Supplicated; supplicating.