different between adulate vs supplicate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from adulation, 1777.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.d???.le?t/

Verb

adulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)

1. To flatter effusively.

Derived terms

• adulation
• adulator
• adulatory

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

adulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of adulare
2. second-person plural imperative of adulare
3. feminine plural of adulato

Anagrams

• laudate

Latin

Participle

ad?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ad?l?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supplicat-, the participle stem of supplic?, from sub- + plic? (“I bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?pl?ke?t/
• Hyphenation: sup?pli?cate

Verb

supplicate (third-person singular simple present supplicates, present participle supplicating, simple past and past participle supplicated)

1. (transitive) To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
2. (transitive) To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.

   to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel

3. (transitive) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.

   to supplicate the Deity

4. (intransitive, Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.

Related terms

• supplication

Translations

Italian

Verb

supplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of supplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of supplicare
3. feminine plural of supplicato

Latin

Verb

supplic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of supplic?